Your Calling and The Flow, Part 2

December 11, 2011

Dear Friends,

In my last message I described what a “calling” is, and I pointed out that your calling is not always the same thing as your career. It may simply be a special gift that you have to share with this world, while—at the same time—you are involved in other activities to generate an income. One of my readers just shared the following personal story with me, and it is a great example of how the divine flow supports us in a heightened way whenever we are following our passion . . . even if the support we receive is somewhat indirect.

This man and his wife—a lovely couple that I will refer to as John and Linda—feel called to help people learn, grow, and heal through a variety of spiritual services that they offer . . . including a church service they conduct every Sunday morning, and a spiritual education center they operate during the week. Although John and Linda’s ministry is well loved, the main source of John and Linda’s income has always been through a client that John provides advertising services to.

Recently, John’s relationship with his longtime client ended, and John and Linda wondered how they would be able to continue offering their spiritual services without that substantial financial support. They decided that downsizing their personal life would probably be a good idea.

Their first step in that direction was a decision to sell their vacation condo on the Gulf Coast. John and Linda made that decision on a Thursday. On Sunday—just three days later—a couple walked up to John and Linda’s condo and offered to buy it. But get this—at that point, John and Linda had not yet listed the condo for sale, nor even put up a sale sign! Out of 40 condos in that development, this couple had somehow been drawn to John and Linda’s place, and had knocked on the door just to see if it was available for sale. Which, of course, it was! Amazing!

John and Linda’s second step toward downsizing was a decision to move into a smaller, less expensive home, and lease out their current one. Well, guess what? The same thing happened again! Before John and Linda had time to list their home, put up a sign, or place an ad, some neighbors came over while they were having a garage sale, and—right on the spot—offered to lease their home for the next three years. As John put it, “Once again, the Universe brought the people we needed right to our door, and we didn’t have to do a single thing!”

Even John and Linda’s decision to downsize from two vehicles to one was “in the flow.” After selling Linda’s Trailblazer for way more money than they were told they could get for it, they decided they would like to replace that vehicle with a Kia Soul—appropriate considering John and Linda’s spiritual focus! When they looked in the paper, they immediately found one. It was the color they wanted, the price was fantastic, and it only had 500 miles on it. While Linda was driving the Kia home, she looked for a sign to confirm that what she and John were doing was, indeed, divinely supported. And guess what she noticed? The State Inspection Sticker on the Kia was dated October 20th—John’s birthday. That was confirmation enough for Linda!

As for John’s car—a Yukon—it sold via Craig’s List in less than one day. And just like the Trailblazer, the cash John received for the car was much more than he had originally been told it was worth.

Paraphrasing John’s summation of this wonderful stream of events: “Maybe I am reading too much into this, but the way things worked out for us so effortlessly seemed nothing less than miraculous. The quick and easy sale of our condo could have been a coincidence. But to have that same kind of thing happen over and over and over again? No way! Plus, before I lost my lucrative client, Linda and I were going to trade in our cars for one that would have ended up really hurting us financially. Thankfully, that deal fell through at the last minute. Throughout this entire experience, Linda and I have felt the ‘Hand of God’ at work on our behalf. Every step of the way, we have felt divinely protected, divinely directed, and divinely supported. And we thank you, Steven, for helping us learn how to be—and stay—in the divine flow.”

Steven

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© 2011 by Steven Lane Taylor
Author of Row, Row, Row Your Boat:
A Guide for Living Life in the Divine Flow
www.rowrowrow.com
Steven Lane Taylor, LLC