“Strength comes from courageously asking for help, acknowledging that we can’t do it alone and boldly asking for the help we need to do the job.”
Laura Lane from ‘I Touch the Heavens’
What is Prayer? It is simply asking the Divine for that desperately needed help.
How often in your day do you sit down and access the needs that you have and the resources available?
Do you begin the day that way? Do you stop halfway through to see what progress you have made and then at the end give the day a quick review and pat yourself on the back for a job well done or a day well lived?
I have found that some days are easier to live through than others. Some days take all the energy I have and many times I completely forget that I don’t have to do it alone.
I don’t know why I don’t always remember to ask for help.
I’ve learned to do it when the stakes are really high. When my daughter Celeste was rushed to the hospital with a brain tumour diagnosis, I knew that day we were going to need all the help we could get. I made a list and started making phone calls. I knew I was in deep scary water.
But on an average day, when it feels like I’m in shallow water, I think I’ve got this, I don’t think to check to see if my Divine lifeguard is watching over me. I forget to tell him my plans, how long I plan on swimming or how far.
My husband Matt is a pilot and he has learned that when he wants to fly he has to call in a flight plan: where he is going and how long he thinks it will take to get there. Then once he arrives, he calls to report he made it safely. Someone on the other end of that call is waiting to hear that everything is okay otherwise they will send out search and rescue to find him.
The knowledge that someone is watching out for him can be such a big comfort.
I sometimes forget that I have my own Divine search and rescue team watching out for me and if things get difficult at any point in the day, I can call out not just for help but for reassurance that I am not alone.
Earlier this winter, I had to drive down to Owen Sound, the next nearest city to where I live. It’s about 30 minutes away. The road were a bit iffy, which is Canadian for snow covered and slightly treacherous. The plows hadn’t done both sides of the highway yet. This particular day, as I set out, seeing it wasn’t going to be easy, I called in my divine flight plan.
I needed to know that I was being watched over that my divine search and rescue team were waiting in the wings. I have had many close calls over the years, so I know how hard the angels work to keep me on the road and help me safely to my destination.
As soon as I called in my request for extra help, to be watched over, the nervousness I had been experiencing disappeared. I knew I could completely trust that no matter what happened I would be okay. The angels were watching over me and they had my back.
I realize now that are there are many more times and situations when I can be checking in with my Divine team to help me through the day. Reviewing those questions I asked before:
How often in my day do I sit down and access the needs that I have and the resources available?
Do I begin the day that way? Do I stop halfway through to see what progress I have made and then at the end give the day do I do a quick review and pat myself on the back for a job well done or a day well lived?
What would be the difference if I did?
How about you? Do you think you could live courageously and ask for more help, Divine or otherwise?
My invite to you is to think about what difference it would make in your day if you partnered with the Divine throughout the whole day and reported back on how it went. If you are game enough to try it or you already do so on a regular basis I would love to hear from you how it went.
“Spiritual strength is acknowledging the unseen forces of the universe, the Divine and the angelic and having faith enough to ask for and receive that help.”
Laura Lane from ‘I Touch the Heavens’