I’ll try something new by reporting all my Godincidences for the past week and as they increase, hopefully you will find a few yourself!
What the heck is a Godincidence? Well, I don’t think that a Coincidence is a real thing. I believe that all encounters and events are from the realm of heaven and that God is the architect of all of them.
If you don’t believe me that’s ok! I am just sharing what happened over the past week or so and you can cheer along with me if you like! God has a path, plan, and purpose for me and I’m just glad you’re here to walk along or stand beside or wish me well!
- Godincident #1 – I have a MeetUp Group called the Curious Creatives. These are local people looking for fun, interesting, or new experiences with the community around them. I think we will have a few Godincidences from this group but I’ll just share one this time.
I got an RSVP on MeetUp for an upcoming class and I responded with a thank you and some basic information. This person mentioned that she was new to Bellingham and I said, “Welcome to Bellingham”. Three words that moved us forward. She was so glad to be welcomed that she offered to take me out for fish and chips. She has no idea that fish and chips are my go-to whenever we go out to eat!
Being the introvert I am, yet trying to remain open to being surrounded by people who move my dreams forward, I said yes! A few days later she came to my studio and I took her to the ferry terminal in Fairhaven where we proceeded to get to know one another, eat delicious fish and chips, and create a memory!
- Godincident #2 – I am reading a book called “The Artist’s Way”, which I will be posting about a lot, I’m sure, because the basis of the book is exactly what I’m talking about, only the author doesn’t call it Godincidences but Sychonicity or something. So this morning I was praying about a specific topic and certain people were impressed on my mind. I sent a quick text to all three of them to say “hello, virtual hug, thinking of you”. I was also sending my teaching artists drawings of the dream for a new studio when one of my three “hello, virtual hug, thinking of you” text recipients asks what I’m up to today.
I say, “I’m sitting here doing my morning writing and dreaming up a studio space that’s amazing so my dream can become a goal so then it can be a plan! And the topic for this week in the book I’m reading is now the topic of money so now I have to learn about how my struggle to get to my goal and money and faith all work together I suppose”.
She is a prayer warrior who also happens to be a counselor and one of my very best “flower ladies” (see a past blog post on that). She asks if I want to stop by and talk about it. My initial response is almost always, sorry gotta go, got a plan, got to do something… but this time I said, I would love a cup of tea. I brought fresh-outta-the-oven muffins for an impromptu tea party which turned into a long counseling session about my dreams and plans and blessings and such!
- Godincidence #3 – We had a class where one of the participants is actually a watercolor artist. I’ve been hoping someone in my teaching artists would do a watercolor workshop or something and guess what? He says he just might do that! Never heard of him before but he sent some youtube videos of his work and teaching and I’m all over that idea! Can’t wait!
Looking forward to another week filled with creative surprises and really can’t wait to see where that 5000 square foot space I need for my dream to become a plan will come from! Open to ideas 🙂
