April-June, 2021
My Dad passed in 2016. It was a “complicated” relationship and we struggled to communicate. Since I started living ACIM, I have come to view him very differently, in a much more loving and nonjudgmental way. A couple of weeks ago, I started thinking more and more about him. I missed him, I wanted to see him, I wanted to feel him. I prayed to Spirit for assistance.
The day after I started asking Spirit for help, my daughter, who enjoys going through old family photos, sent me one to identify, a young male toddler in what seemed like a very old picture. I had no idea and sent it to a cousin a few days later in the hopes she might identify the boy.
“That’s your Dad. My Mom had the same picture. Isn’t he adorable?”
Wait…what!? Oh, my goodness! I looked again at the picture. How had I missed it?
A beautiful little boy, a mischievous grin on his face, my Dad beaming up at me! My prayer was answered to a tee. I saw my Dad, I felt my Dad. I saw my Father, I felt my Father. Thank you, Dad, thank you Spirit, thank you Father. Thank you for showering me with Love, for this wonderful glimpse of Heaven.
Spirit always answers my prayers, even when I was so busy looking for some sign of Dad that when Spirit put him right in front of me, I missed him. I stepped out of the present into a nonexistent future. Spirit has told me many times. When I stay in the present, when I am calm and still and truthful, I will always understand, even if He has to tap me on the shoulder occasionally.
Daniel Cratcha is a student in the Pathways of Light Ministry Program. He
lives in Fairport Harbor, Ohio. Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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