Posted March 8, 2024 in Sacred Stories

Hallelujah!

Her friend, still hospitalized with complications following back surgery two weeks ago, was very much on her mind as she was getting out of her car to run into Dollar Tree. The song Hallelujah was being played in the parking lot. She had just texted the K.D. Lang version to her friend a couple of […]

Posted January 1, 2022 in Sacred Stories

See Cashier

Sacred Stories

She stopped to get gas. Her husband was in a hospital about an hour’s drive away.

She inserted her credit card, punched in the ZIP code, and got the “See Cashier” message. She tried her debit card and it also said “See Cashier.”

When she went in to the […]

Posted January 19, 2019 in Sacred Stories

Answered Prayer

Sacred Stories

Her husband was being cared for in a facility, due to advanced Alzheimer’s disease. She was feeling some concern about her upcoming scheduled time away.

Before going to visit him that day, she said a little prayer, asking if he was doing OK.

His communication essentially had become “word salad.” The […]

Posted July 8, 2018 in Debra’s Wellness Tips

Fountain of Youth

Debra’s Wellness Tips

Whether you are religious or agnostic, Christian or Buddhist, old or young, you want to understand the science behind an NBC News report: This is your brain on prayer and meditation.

When we sit down and engage in prayer or meditation, we are able to shift away from this frightened and stressed […]

Posted September 30, 2017 in Sacred Stories

Electric Heater

Sacred StoriesA woman and her husband and 1 year-old daughter were refugees. They had escaped Communist Poland and had made it to Germany but were living in one classroom in a condemned school. There was electricity but no running water or toilet or heat. They had only a thin mattress pad on the floor.

One […]

Posted July 12, 2017 in Wholesome Thoughts

Those Who Pray

Wholesome Thoughts

Prayer doesn’t change God, but it changes those who pray. This is from Easy Does It, by Anonymous.

If you are one of those who pray, send email to debra@scs-matters.com, or from within the continental U.S. phone or text (269) 921-2217.

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Posted July 22, 2015 in Wholesome Thoughts

True Benefits

Neale Donald Walsch says all true benefits are mutual.

We cannot outgive God.

This is not about sacrifice, it is about sharing from the overflow of grace to touch others. It may just be giving a smile, or a prayer, or a kind word. You will feel the benefits!

If you are not […]

Posted May 23, 2015 in Sacred Stories

Kitty Cat Love

She received a request for prayer support from a friend. Her friend’s partner was facing heart surgery. Before responding to the request, she sat quietly thinking about his upcoming surgery, and holding her friend in love and support.

As she sat there, she kept having the sense of a cat. When she sent an email […]