I absolutely love it when readers of this blog share with me their experiences in their own journey toward Irrefutable Success. Today’s post is a prime example. A young lady in our community recently told me her story, and gave me her permission to pass it along to you.
This young lady was in the midst of a tough time, when she was surprised by a report from her doctor that she was pregnant.
At this point in her life, this wasn’t a good surprise.
Everything in her life would be deeply impacted by an unplanned baby. She didn’t know what to do or where to turn. She didn’t like any of the options available to her. What was she to do?
She did what many people do when facing an impossible choice: she asked for a sign.
It so happened that, in the moment when this request was heavy on her heart, she was waiting in the drive-through at Chick-fil-A. She certainly didn’t expect to see her sign right away, especially not in line at America’s Best Quick Service Restaurant!
Then, she noticed a bumper sticker on the car in front of her that read “Choose Life.” Immediately, she felt that this was the sign she had been waiting for.
She kept the baby, and today she is so happy to be a mom!
Now, the point I want to make here has nothing to do with Pro Life, Pro Choice, or any other Pro you’d care to debate. It has everything to do with looking for – and finding – a sign.
Many times, the sign is right there in front of you, but you’ll miss it if you aren’t looking for it. The car with the bumper sticker was there the entire time she was in line, but she didn’t see it until she began looking.
When you see the sign, you’ll know it’s meant for you because it will confirm what you already believed deep in your heart. Sometimes we need something external to draw the truth out of our confusion.
What are you looking for? Are you looking for a sign? Open your eyes, be fully aware of your surroundings, you just might be surprised at what you discover.
Follow your heart and let me know what you find.
It is amazing how much you miss when you aren’t looking and how much you see when you are. Trouble is it takes more than just “looking” . It also takes an open heart to accept what you know is a sign as one. Tim was helping me make decision about going debt free and of course his advice was “pray about it and do whatever the Lord tells you” to paraphrase which by the way was awesome advice. The big questions was do I sell stock to create cash or just wait. Honestly I knew what I needed to do but was scared. A few months went by and something happened. Being an idiot I didn’t quickly put two and two together but I did tell Tim. “Guess what? this happened and even if I sell this I will have an opportunity to by it back for less in the future” Hello!
I’ll be the Lord was saying, “This guy is funny but a little dense.”
When you see your sign, take it!
It is amazing how much you miss when you aren’t looking and how much you see when you are. Trouble is it takes more than just “looking” . It also takes an open heart to accept what you know is a sign as one. Tim was helping me make decision about going debt free and of course his advice was “pray about it and do whatever the Lord tells you” to paraphrase which by the way was awesome advice. The big questions was do I sell stock to create cash or just wait. Honestly I knew what I needed to do but was scared. A few months went by and something happened. Being an idiot I didn’t quickly put two and two together but I did tell Tim. “Guess what? this happened and even if I sell this I will have an opportunity to by it back for less in the future” Hello!
I’ll be the Lord was saying, “This guy is funny but a little dense.”
When you see your sign, take it!
Your story is an awesome story Todd. Just FYI for the rest of you guys… God would have never said that about Todd. I believe he would just smile and say: “There goes my boy Todd, getting it right again. He goes where I point.” I even think sometimes God uses Todd to make signs for other people to see and follow.
Your story is an awesome story Todd. Just FYI for the rest of you guys… God would have never said that about Todd. I believe he would just smile and say: “There goes my boy Todd, getting it right again. He goes where I point.” I even think sometimes God uses Todd to make signs for other people to see and follow.
I’ve been there too! Asked for a sign on my ‘next step’ in life, and got THREE signs all confirming my move to Bozeman MT (one of the signs was literally the words “Bozeman MT” in a random book I picked up literally minutes after praying for “a sign”). I received three signs in less than a week – made the move and ended up meeting one of my best friends while living there! Thanks for the reminder Tim!!
I’ve been there too! Asked for a sign on my ‘next step’ in life, and got THREE signs all confirming my move to Bozeman MT (one of the signs was literally the words “Bozeman MT” in a random book I picked up literally minutes after praying for “a sign”). I received three signs in less than a week – made the move and ended up meeting one of my best friends while living there! Thanks for the reminder Tim!!
Wow Amy! What a story… thanks for sharing!
Wow Amy! What a story… thanks for sharing!
Along this line of thought, I would like to share something that happened at my daughter’s office. She works for a resource center that deals with crisis pregnancies. One day a young lady had an ultrasound and found that she was carrying twins. She had been on the fence as to what to do about the pregnancy. When she found that she was carrying twins, she chose life because she could not abort 2 babies. This same scenario presented itself several times in the coming months. That ultasound was the sign.
Along this line of thought, I would like to share something that happened at my daughter’s office. She works for a resource center that deals with crisis pregnancies. One day a young lady had an ultrasound and found that she was carrying twins. She had been on the fence as to what to do about the pregnancy. When she found that she was carrying twins, she chose life because she could not abort 2 babies. This same scenario presented itself several times in the coming months. That ultasound was the sign.
Wow! Great story Barbara. Thanks for sharing.
Wow! Great story Barbara. Thanks for sharing.
wow! so the original blog post was about me, and i am truely thankful for the Lord showing me that sign, i love my son more than anything in the world and would still to this day regret it and hate myself inside if i would have aborted him.
he just recently got dedicated at the church i go to which, is where tim is my sunday school teacher, (btw YOU ROCK!) ha. but definitely,signs are out there all the time, but the thing you have to really want to know the answer. God will reveal to you what you are looking for, if you are ready to listen 🙂
wow! so the original blog post was about me, and i am truely thankful for the Lord showing me that sign, i love my son more than anything in the world and would still to this day regret it and hate myself inside if i would have aborted him.
he just recently got dedicated at the church i go to which, is where tim is my sunday school teacher, (btw YOU ROCK!) ha. but definitely,signs are out there all the time, but the thing you have to really want to know the answer. God will reveal to you what you are looking for, if you are ready to listen 🙂
Thanks for the kind words Alyson… YOU ARE AWESOME!
Thanks for the kind words Alyson… YOU ARE AWESOME!