A Heavenly Sign

Now some are septics on seeing things....we here are not. I believe there are spirits around us always, some good and some bad. Thankfully our experiences have never been bad. As a young child my husband had always "seen" things that no one around him could. Every day for almost a year he would see the very same man come out of the bush in the back of the property wearing the same outfit and the same time. He was never frightened, more intrigued then anything. He would try his best to not to get too distracted by something else so he could talk to the "man" but always got sidetracked. Then, as we renovated an old hotel into an apartment block, he again had some experiences....as well as I. I certainly believe young children are more susceptible to these super natural occurrences. Their minds are not tainted in anyway by our world. So when my youngest saw a "man in his room I wasn't the least bit surprised" - I shouldn't say least bit because I was surprised at WHO he saw.

It was about 3 weeks ago (maybe a few more) my youngest and I were home alone during the day. I was busy trying to catch up on paperwork for our business as he was playing upstairs. It was unusually quiet and he is 2 so immediately I figured he was into trouble or destroying his late brothers room again. It is a room that is really off limits to everyone but my husband and myself.  I went upstairs to check up on him fully expecting to find him and his room covered in baby powder again or the room completely destroyed, instead I walked in to find him sitting ever so sweetly on his sisters bed (they share a room and his sis is on the bottom bunk), he was fixated on one corner of the room waving and as I asked him what he was doing he replied, "Man, over dere (there)" now generally most would panic or brush it off but I decided to engage in it. So I asked him if the man was nice and he nodded, then I told him to go hug the man and he dutifully got off his sisters bed, went to the corner and hugged the man I could not see. Later on I pulled out our book of Heaven is for Real and flipped the book to the pages with the pictures and asked if he saw the man that had been in his room. He looked at the pictures and pointed to the following one:

Prince Of Peace, 36"x48", Age 8 (2003), © Copyright

Now obviously I was shocked but did not push it further at all. I decided to wait for a few weeks (he is 2 after all) and asked him again. This time opening up a different book with different pages and pictures. He immediately pointed to this picture and said, "Man room upstairs" I was left speechless.  Did he really see Jesus in his room? I believe that he did.  I believe the innocence of children make them intuitive to things we can't see. I am jealous but then it made me thing back to our final moments with Cash...Was Jesus in that very room with us and we just could not see? Of course he was! He is ALWAYS with us. Even in our darkest moments, He is with us. I believe that we will be given signs through Cyrus from Cash. Just as earlier then this "man in the room" day, he had been giggling away in his room under his blanket when I asked what was funny - he said "Cash funny" and I asked him where Cash was and he pointed under the blanket and said, "Right dere". For me it's a sign, confirmation - Cyrus was not yet 2 when Cash passed away, he doesn't remember his brother, in fact he usually thinks it's himself in the pictures that are Cash. I feel honoured that Cyrus was able to experience this and hope that he uses this experience once day to spread God's love and word. I know, he is only 2 but maybe he will have many more special visits from Jesus. Since this day I have felt far more at peace. 

 We've have been blessed over and over and at times it's hard to see those blessings when we are ridden with grief but we are works in progress. God continues to work in our lives daily as we work to be more like Him. I often am reminded how we are not alone in our grief, God completely understands our grief as he too gave up his only son for the sins of man, so that we could be free. He understands our pain. Sometimes it's just so hard to grasp. 

**Just last night my daughter was at her friends down the road playing and came home declaring she saw Jesus - she was positive and adamant it was Him! She was running into her friends room with her friend and little brother trailing behind and stopped when she saw a man wearing a white dress with long dark hair and facial hair. As soon as her friend entered the room, the man just disappeared. We showed her the same picture of Jesus as her brother but for her that was not who she saw so I showed her another illustration of Jesus from the movie "Son of God" and that was it! I am humbled and honoured that my children have been able to see and experience the peace of God so intimately. My daughter and her brother were close, she hasn't just lost her brother but her best friend and as we head into the year mark of his passing it has been more evident just how great her loss has been. She is 6 and dealing with this. Everyday she has cried for her brother in the last week - as a mom I feel helpless that I can't take that pain away from her. She doesn't want to talk about it with anyone aside from us. All I can do is just pray that these signs she experiences offers her comfort and peace in her own grief. She is a very special little girl that one**

"And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams"

                                                                                   Acts 2:17