Out of the blue thoughts

I once was away from home to go to a family function in the desert.  I boiled some eggs before leaving, but then I forgot all about it.  Two hours had passed, I was just talking with family and friends, then suddenly a thought came to my mind about those eggs.  I was so worried because of fire hazard.  My neighbors next door were in Las Vegas.  I had to call another neighbor, and luckily her daughter answered the phone.  I told her of where the key was to get into my house.

As she entered the house, the eggs were popping in the kitchen and the entire house was full of smoke, but my alarm did not go off.  She took the pot with those blackened eggs outside.  I forever thank God for intervening with this experience.

The most recent experience that I had was we lost a collar with ID tags for one of the dogs for at least three or four weeks.  We looked everywhere  but could not find it.  Yesterday, as I was stroking him, wondering of where the collar was.  Then out the blue, a suggestion came to my mind, why don't I check at the crevice of an arm chair in the backyard?  I told myself, a suggestion came to mind, so I have nothing to lose but check it out.  As I was reaching into the crevice of the arm chair, I found the collar.  I was feeling goosebumps all over but at the same time I was so happy.  I truly believe those out of the blue thoughts, they come for a reason, and they could be coming from someone thinking about us, or coming from God to bombard with our thoughts or just helping us to make life a bit easier for us.  Therefore, we should pay attention to these unexpected thoughts.

We too could send thoughts to others by thinking about them, and they too would respond to us accordingly if they are in tune with these signals.  I once needed to contact a friend who was in basic training somewhere in Texas at an Air Force Base because I needed to talk to him instantly.  I did not have his phone number, a time when cell phone did not exist.  I kept thinking about him all morning, then out of the blue, he called me.  It was a wonderful surprise.  As time went on, I started to realize that we could send thoughts to others based on lots of experiences encountered over the years. 

There were times, I would be in a rush, trying to do so many things all at once, yet out the blue, a specific thought came to mind when I least expect it.  I make it a point to pay attention to it because it could be suggestion of some danger lies ahead, or God was just trying to communicate to me about something. 

An experience with God

About two weeks ago, I was very sad, and I made the point to drive to Mission San Luis Rey just to seek some comfort and guidance from God.  As I was parking outside the Old Mission in the parking lot in that late afternoon, tears were streaming down my face, I was crying, feeling overwhelmed, sad, wondering of why things happened so dramatically for us.  I was looking toward the clouds, and out of the blue, a thought came to me when I expected the least, that was, did I put the fish package in the refrigerator the night before? As I was thinking about it a bit, then suddenly I saw a beautiful face in the clouds, I thought to myself, is this really a picture of Jesus?  I kept looking at the face to capture of what I was seeing.  As I tried to capture every aspects of that beautiful face, it did not last long, less than a minute or so, but it made me smile admiring God of knowing how to distract me from being sad, and of how clever He was for making a grand entrance.  All of my worries and sadness seemed to vanish.  I kept thinking about that beautiful face of a man in the cloud and wondering whether it was Jesus.  I remember feeling peaceful and felt asleep.

Thinking back, I was thrilled of seeing the beautiful picture in the cloud, a face of a beautiful man, a face that touched my heart and made me feel peaceful. In a way, God is funny but very precise, He just knows how to make us feel good.  He knew how to distract me from being sad, but then He helped me to not worry about things that are beyond my control.  I am forever thankful for His grace and for interacting with me.