DIVINE ASSURENCES

I was going through a very hard time as a single parent of 4 children with two teenagers and two nearly there.  I needed to walk to clear my head one day and to help me to relax.  Not sure when this was, as the kids may have been at school since they weren't walking with me at this time.

 

We lived in Leichhardt Sydney NSW Australia and at the back of my house was a goods train line.  On the other side of that was a canal that ran down to Iron Cove Bay, which was part of the waterways that ran into the Harbour and out to sea.  I walked down the park which ran along side of the canal and down to the bay to a big bridge (Iron Cover Bridge) that ran over the water for the traffic going to the Northern suburbs.  As I walked down under the bridge and to the open bay area I saw a pelican in the distance swimming along side the bay away from me.  I quickly walked up towards it and followed it along the pathway, which ran along the side of the bay and next to the pelican.  Then the pelican turned around and started to swim back and I followed it.  It floated gracefully towards the bridge by my side and then to  my amazement under it and up the canal.  I'd never seen a pelican on the canal before, so this was highly unusual and I'd lived in this area for 10 years walking this way many times.  They sometimes appeared on the bay but not in the canal.

It continued to float up the canal for quite a way and then it gently rose from the water with it's gigantic wings opening up readying for flight.  I felt sad to see it go, but then it rose up, and as it did it circled above my head three times, which felt significant to me.  It was as though it was saying its goodby to me and at the same time showing me that it cared for the quiet blessed company that we'd had.  I felt the company of something very special and significant that day and after this experience my spirits were restored and I felt uplifted with hope and faith once again for the future.

In hindsight I felt this was a gift from God and I thank Almighty God that he is able to work His miracles and show His many signs of how much He truly loves us through all his creatures and throughout His creation. Amen.