Postcards from God

Postcards from God

This week I lost 1.2kg and it feels so good…..

I remember sitting with Zina and listening to her telling me why I should blog about my weight loss journey. I can so clearly remember my answer -  I don’t feel confident starting a blog because I don’t know how to do it. That same week I got so many gentle whispers motivating me to start a blog. Today I am so glad I’ve listened to those whispers. I’ve heard so many people telling me how much my blog inspires them but most of all I have learnt the real meaning of sisterhood. That as woman we can inspire and help each other and not be afraid to show our vulnerabilities.
 

The past few years I have learnt to trust my intuition and listen to the gentle whispers I often get during my mundane chores. Yesterday was an extremely strenuous day for me.  I was confronted with an enormous challenge and was not sure if I should go ahead and commit myself to something that might have a huge impact on me. 

It is an understanding between myself and Lee that he decides what radio station he would like to listen to in the afternoons but in the mornings I am the one who decides. My choice is normally the traffic report and the news.  I was so pre-occupied with the day’s challenges that I got in the car and forgot about the news etc. and allowed Lee to choose what he wants to listen to.

Suddenly I started listening to the words of the song “PriceTag” which starts like this

Seems like everybody's got a price,
I wonder how they sleep at night
When the sale comes first
And the truth comes second.
Just stop for a minute and smile

I was so amazed by the significance of the words and knew this was a gentle whisper. I sang the chorus along with Lee as loud as I could and with so much passion

It's not about the money, money, money
We don't need your money, money, money
We just wanna make the world dance,
Forget about the price tag
Ain't about the (uh) cha-ching cha-ching
Ain't about the (yeah) ba-bling ba-bling
Wanna make the world dance,
Forget about the price tag (OK)

During the day I received an e-mail with a link. Once again I was amazed at the content of the video. The person that sent me this e-mail never had any idea of my day's challenges. I realised that often God uses His own angels and sends us messages. I have come to think of it as postcards from God which I am sure all of us get. These postcards normally requires of us to become quiet, listen, direct our thoughts and then to respond.  Postcards from God normally acknowledges that what we are about to do is right or discourages us from doing certain things. It is up to each one of us to decide in which way we are going to respond to these postcards from God.

I would like to share the link of the video I received. I know it was God’s postcard for me. It gave me so much clarity and confirmed what I had to do. The message of the video is really inspiring and it would be nice if you could watch it too.

http://www.ted.com/talks/margaret_heffernan_the_dangers_of_willful_blindness.html?utm_medium=on.ted.com-android-share&utm_content=ted-androidapp&utm_source=facebook.com&awesm=on.ted.com_tTwU&utm_campaign=

I want us not to ignore these postcards from God. We know that if we acknowledge them and act according to His wishes, we can be sure that whatever challenge it is He will be with us all the way. He will protect, guide and comfort us.  The song that I listened to as well as the message of this video so clearly affirmed my decision and I knew all will go well…

Have a week filled with love, joy and gratitude.      
Melanie