Yesterday, I was feeling down. Hoping that even though I couldn’t change the circumstance, I could change my feelings about it, I started first by asking my Guardian Angel for a hug.
Yes, a hug.
And yes, I really did.
Better yet, I got one.
But you know how we sometimes melt and start bawling when someone gives us a hug at a time when we are holding it all together but feeling really upset? It was such a comforting hug from my Guardian Angel, I thought the waterworks might start. But instead, I felt calm and bolstered. I was surprised but glad.
Then my Guardian Angel shared a message with me: …and in all things, give …
Being connected to a man of the cloth [my dad is a retired educational missionary, pastor, and professor of world religions], I asked him for context. While a Google search had yielded a passage in Thessalonians, my father immediately thought of this passage from Philippians.
Philippians 4:4-7
King James Version (KJV)
4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.
5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
The verse from Thessalonians was apropos too:
1 Thessalonians 5:18
King James Version (KJV)
18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
And my search also led me to this video, also very much relevant to my feelings of yesterday:
And it all comes down to this: when in doubt, give thanks. Or just give.
