Do you ever ask God for a sign.....

No, I don't
but an interesting post Nana.

Nana b said:

Well, just don't know....
GOODNESS AM I THE ONLY ONE! I was driving home today and have an hour drive, so I had lots of time to think about this and of course I asked for a sign, and I didn't get one.....until I made a turn to go into my drive way and my IPOD flew of the dash and this song came on....hmmmmmm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVhrIfaPKxw

Hi Nana

Jesus he is my Hero, my Lord, and my Friend

Thanks for sharing

I ask the Lord to keep me
I ask the Lord to keep me strong and to give John (JR) a long life. Never have asked for a sign. YET!
We have had things happen that I know God had a hand in. Things that would have never ever happened without help. Paula G.

Tina Blondek said:

I Think This Was A Sign
Hi Nana B
I am usually on the esophageal cancer board, or the caregivers board. I was a caregiver for my dad who recently passed away from esophageal cancer with mets to the liver on March 9, 2010. He was in pain and suffered quite a bit his last 3 months. He had become very weak and dehydrated. On the morning of his passing, he asked me to please promise him that I would not take him back to the hospital, he was done with this fight, he knew his time had come. I agreed and told him that I promised. He said, let's shake on it. I said ok, and we shook hands. I was amazed that he still had a strong handshake. I told him this, and he looked me right in the eyes and said...."That is what the Lord told me." I feel that this was a sign for me to know that it was ok to let my dad go, he would be well taken care of. Gives me goosebumps to think about it. It also makes me smile to think back at that day, and how comfortable my dad saying that made me feel. Thanks for your post.
Tina

Hi Tina
I am glad to hear you kept you promise to you dad, it is hard to see him go but he knew his time was up and if his faith was in the God he served then he had no fear of what comes after death. I have been fighting this stuff from 2002 I been through treatment twice Radiation and Chemo when it came back a third time I asked my Wife to please understand my decision for no more treatments. We prayed and put it into Gods hand, I been living with this cancer for years now, for some reason it is there but stopped growing. Is it a sign, is it faith, I am not sure, maybe it is because the work he has giving me I have not finish yet. Maybe your dad finished the work God gave him to do and now he is resting awaiting his lord’s return.

All the best to you

Nana b said:

a sign........
My daughter and I got in an argument because she was suppose to go to Los Angeles and she ended up going to Phoenix with my grand daughter. I was upset because Dad loaned her his car at my suggestion. I had a feeling she was in Phoenix, so I texted her asking her, and she was......She later kept texting me telling me that she needed money to come home, and she would not stop texting so I shut off her phone. She is 24 years old, single parent, does not work, and when she goes to Phoenix I don't even know this girl...she was raised there. Several days later, I asked God for a sign asking me if I should turn her phone back on and and send her money....... as I pushed the button on the radio, this song game on right at these lyrics.......


Suppose I called you up tonight and told you that I loved you
And suppose I said "I wanna come back home".
And suppose I cried and said "I think I finally learned my lesson"
And I'm tired a-spendin' all my time alone.

..........I turned her phone back on and she is coming home tomorrow!!

this always happens to me, signs.

Several years ago, I asked for a sign if I should move to California to be near my siblings..all nine of them, after 15 years in the military. I touched the radio dial and this song came on...lyrics....

you should be in California.......NEVER have I heard this song, before, or later....

But I moved,,,,,and I was diagnosed with cancer several months later. I could not have done this journey, by myself in Phoenix, not without my Mom, and 8 brothers and sisters.......it was fate......that I came home.

Divine Intervention
I decided tonight to venture out beyond the uterine cancer discussion boards and am so happy I did.

My diagnosis, surgery and current treatment all started in March. Although I have not asked for any signs, just yesterday I believe I received one. Although my blood numbers were low and I was told to avoid crowds, I went to my granddaughters' first Communion. Towards the end of the Mass, I went to the vestibule of the Church to avoid the mob of people that would soon be exiting. My daughter (not the mother of my granddaughter) came with me. Sadly, she had just experienced a miscarriage of her first pregnancy on Wednesday and, understandably, was having a difficult moment. We went outside to get a breath of air and then I told her I wanted to go back to the vestible to light a candle. The first set of candles I went to were all lit, so I went to another section next to a statue of St. Raphael (for whom the parish was named) that was hanging on the wall. I lit the candle closest to the statue, said a prayer for my daughter's healing (including pregnancy, as soon as possible). I then turned to left to look at the statue and then saw what I just hadn't seen before. At the "foot" of the statue, sitting on a the small table below it, was the was the word "HOPE" spelled out in four separate brown painted wooden letters that were leaning against the statue. I believe that, not only was that a message in response to my prayer for my daughter, but also a message of confirmation for what I believe we must never lose (refer to the name I chose for this site!).

As I'm writing this, I am also thinking of my decision to explore more of the discussion boards, seeing this thread and then having an opportunity to share this experience with others...I believe another message and sign!

Thank you for the opportunity to join in this discussion. Remember to never lose HOPE!

Peace and hope, JJ

Nana b said:

a sign........
My daughter and I got in an argument because she was suppose to go to Los Angeles and she ended up going to Phoenix with my grand daughter. I was upset because Dad loaned her his car at my suggestion. I had a feeling she was in Phoenix, so I texted her asking her, and she was......She later kept texting me telling me that she needed money to come home, and she would not stop texting so I shut off her phone. She is 24 years old, single parent, does not work, and when she goes to Phoenix I don't even know this girl...she was raised there. Several days later, I asked God for a sign asking me if I should turn her phone back on and and send her money....... as I pushed the button on the radio, this song game on right at these lyrics.......


Suppose I called you up tonight and told you that I loved you
And suppose I said "I wanna come back home".
And suppose I cried and said "I think I finally learned my lesson"
And I'm tired a-spendin' all my time alone.

..........I turned her phone back on and she is coming home tomorrow!!

this always happens to me, signs.

Several years ago, I asked for a sign if I should move to California to be near my siblings..all nine of them, after 15 years in the military. I touched the radio dial and this song came on...lyrics....

you should be in California.......NEVER have I heard this song, before, or later....

But I moved,,,,,and I was diagnosed with cancer several months later. I could not have done this journey, by myself in Phoenix, not without my Mom, and 8 brothers and sisters.......it was fate......that I came home.

Nana
That is a very powerful testimony, it could be just nothing more then a coincident or maybe God showing you the way, I prefer the later of them both being I don’t believe in coincident. God knows his children and leads there path in life.

pattyanny said:

One of Many Signs!
I was just finished TX, and have been taking care of my Mom who is in a nursing home. I knew I had to go to visit. It was a rainy Monday, my husband was being - well, lets say unsupportive, my teen girl had a more than usual attitude. Money was tight, depression was high. The enemy was biting at me. I was crying at the steering wheel, singing my fav song "Oh no You never let go, thru the highs & thru the lows. Oh no You never let go of me!" (Matt Redman)
As I parked at the home, I sat with my head on the steering wheel, asking "Why have You forsaken me? I feel so alone! I need a sign that You are with me Lord! Please help me, I begged. I composed myself, went to visit Mom, and took care of her needs. The visits are very draining as I see the laughter and her spirit dwindling in her eyes. Still feeling like a beaten woman, I drag myself, her 15lb medical file, and her laundry downstairs to the lobby. Weakened by my 20+ weight loss, I stumble slowly thru the hall, still depressed and lost. As I look up, at the end of the hall, I see a man helping a woman in a wheel chair. He looked familiar, but no. Can't be. As I approach the doorway, the man says "Hey Patty, what are you doing here?" (What am I doing here, I think - what are YOU doing here?) He was an elder in my church, who lived out of state, and was here to pray with a patient that day. He and another elder asked if I wanted to pray with them. We walked in the rain to our cars, held hands in the rain and prayed together - for me & Mom! There was my sign! I was not alone!
If I had not left the home at that time......If they had not come that day (from out of state!)...If it had not rained they would have been at work. I clearly do not believe it was a coincidence. TYJ! Love & Prayers, Patty

Hi Patty

That was just beautiful and yes we serve a savior who is alive and can hear the cry’s and needs of his children

Hondo said:

Hi Patty

That was just beautiful and yes we serve a savior who is alive and can hear the cry’s and needs of his children

Amen!
It just frustrates me when I feel like that, but I am thankful I am on the right path, and growing in faith. God bless you Hondo!

Balentine said:

So amazing at the ways God answers our prayers
I usually don't ask God for 'signs'....I may sometimes ask Him to close a door and open another and to direct my steps. Yet God in His mercy has over the years done both. He always gives us more than what we ask for and answers our prayers in ways we could never have imagined only to let us know that it is Him. In one situation, after years of praying about it, God showed me one confirmation after another to prove to me that He was working this thing out from the very beginning but I never saw it until about 6 years later. He is so awesome and His ways are truly higher than ours and past finding out! Praise God and be blessed.
Lorrie

Great advise .. Miss Balentine .. I think like many others
I want a sign .. a very big, bold sign ..


Vicki SAm