This is a story about signs from God after your have lost a loved one…
This article has been updated and was adapted from 18 Weeks to a Healthier, Happier, More Purposeful Life. This unique book was written by Lacy Ngo, a dietitian nationally recognized as a top expert in faith-based mindfulness and evidence-based nutrition. She shares the exact steps that, based on science, produce the most dramatic health and weight loss success in her book, 18 Weeks to a Healthier, Happier, More Purposeful Life. This book is like nothing you have ever seen before. It combines faith and science. Both are crucial when it comes to producing real change because real change involves the mind, body, and spirit.
My great aunt had passed on to her new life. She had no children and her husband was already waiting for her on the other side. Although my great aunt had no children of her own, she had loved all her nieces and nephews, and they had loved her, including my mom. In fact, my mom felt strongly that Aunt Kay would have wanted her to speak at the funeral. The catch was my mom did NOT like public speaking! I couldn’t believe my mom was really planning on speaking. This was so out of character for my mom. She had even written several pages of beautiful words about my aunt. Still she said she had an exit plan if she got nervous. She said that if she walked up to the podium and realized she couldn’t do it, she would just thank everyone for coming and then sit back down.
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A Windy Day
The day of the funeral was a bright and beautiful, albeit windy, day. When I say windy, I mean windy! The wind never let up during this graveside funeral. The awnings were flapping, papers were rattling, and the wind was howling. I had trouble hearing the pastor or anything else. My mom later told me that she was so afraid the wind was going to distract her while she was trying to speak.
Time To Speak and a Sign From God
Then the time came; the pastor was calling my mom to the podium. As my mom stood up, the wind abruptly stopped. It was instant! My mom spoke calmly and clearly and said everything she had planned to say. The wind stayed silent the whole time my mom spoke, but when she was finished the wind whooshed through the awnings, papers, and trees as if the wind was applauding.
I just sat there amazed! “What…just…happened!?!,” I thought. Even other people at the funeral had noticed and mentioned it to my mom.
What beautiful sign from God during a time we had to say a temporary goodbye to our loved one.
About The Author
Developed by a registered dietitian, Lacy Ngo, MS, RDN, Mindfulness in Faith and Food, LLC focuses on how to live your healthiest, happiest, most meaningful life through faith-based mindfulness and evidence-based nutrition.
Several branches fall under the Mindfulness in Faith and Food, LLC umbrella. One is Mindful Vending, which is one of the few dietitian owned and operated vending companies in the nation! Ngo is also the author of several books, including Mindfulness in Faith and Freezer Meals and The Nourishing Meal Builder. You can also find evidence-based nutrition articles, recipes, convenient healthy snack lists, inspiring “Signs from God” faith stories, and faith-based mindfulness techniques on her blog, Mindfulness in Faith and Food.
