Swish, swosh, swoosh, whoosh!

As to what I am going to blog makes me think of an experience on a gigantic water ride at a theme park.  Put on your seatbelt - for off we go . . . Ready, Set, Go!!

A young woman -Dianna- who is on her discernment journey with us, just graduated as a nurse practitioner and shared with me that she has been searching everywhere for a job with a focus in pediatrics.- but just wasn’t having any luck.

I shared with her that one of our Sisters, Sister Kathy, who was a wonderful nurse, had recently died and that her wake was the next day.  I told her I would pray to Sister Kathy, and ask her to find Dianna a job.  So how did I pray?  As I viewed Sister Kathy‘s body, I touched her arm and prayed: Kathy, you know that Dianna needs a job as a nurse practitioner.  How about it if she takes your place on this earth?  Please find her a job ASAP.  And I say, THANKS in advance. Amen!

Swish! Hold on!  The very next day, Dianna wrote me an email and told of how a job offer came to her email and they asked her to come to their center for an interview and that they were impressed with her resume′.  Believe it or not, it was a position as a pediatric nurse practitioner.  Yes – that’s the truth!  The center said that they don’t often work this quickly but they didn’t want to miss the chance to interview Dianna.

Swosh!  So she went for the interview and all that it entailed, and two days later the center offered her the job!  Usually they would take 3-4 weeks to consider the interview and documentation.

Swoosh!  Next, she would need a place to stay.  It is a small city that has two large manufacturers so that most rented apartments are taken up by their employees.  But something opened up within a week.  Dianna was called by the center and their realtor, and was able to obtain an apartment with all the conveniences for her lifestyle – besides, it is only 3 miles from her work.

Whoosh!  So there it is - this process all happened within two weeks.  Sister Kathy was not known for her punctuality.  However, “on the other side,” it seems that she moves with laser-like speed!

For Reflection:
What in this writing touched into your own story of the God of Surprises acting in your life? Have you thought of giving your experience an image?  How have you experienced challenges, resistances, “road blocks” to your hopes and dreams?  How did you mange them? What learnings or insights did you encounter?  Did you have companions along the way who gave you support, advice, or encouragement?

So let us pray: Swish, swosh, swoosh, whoosh! We are grateful! For “gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, and confusion into clarity.... It turns problems into gifts, failure into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.” (Melodie Beattie)  Swish, swosh, swoosh, whoosh! Amen, Alleluia!