She was disappointed – again.
It wasn’t exactly a new story. In fact, it was a story that she shared with many others. Another week gone by, another lottery drawing, but still no winning of those life-changing pots. Despite all the tweeks and tricks, despite buying tickets in different places, on different days, at different times of the day, no riches were forthcoming.
It was a familiar disappointment, and she wondered, as she had done before – “am I not worthy?” “I would share those winnings. I would help so many people. I would donate to so many charities.” But buried among all the dreams of generosity was the one constant – “I would have a better life.”
Then came the voice. No, it wasn’t exactly a voice, it was more like a sensation, an awareness.
“You have more than you need.”
She didn’t so much hear it as she felt it – a sudden realization of a truth – “you have more than you need.”
People claiming to hear the voice of God speaking to them is not a new phenomenon. With the exception of those who claim God called upon them to commit mayhem, who among us is in a position to dispute their claims. Stories of people who claim God spoke to them or through them are more common than we might realize. After all, the Bible is full of such tales and we accept the reality of those tellings. But the reality is that most of us seem to be out of the loop when it comes to hearing from the Almighty.
Or are we?
Certainly, there are those among us who seem to have a unique and stronger connection to the spirit realm, including the ability to connect to that Higher Power we call God. But, in all probability, each of us has at least a token connection. We might call it intuition or instinct. We might call it insight.
If we were to reflect on our past life, wouldn’t most of us recognize that we have had those unique moments when we felt inspired to reach out to someone or take a particular action? Was there a time when we made the right choice, or made a bad choice even though we felt a harbinger of wrongness about it?
Perhaps we all have the ability to hear those whispers from a God who speaks in a universal language of inspiration and emotion. Perhaps we all need to embrace the spirit of gratitude because, in the end, we truly have more than we need.
Perhaps the “better life” we seek is revealed in the recognition and gratitude of that truth.