Katharine C Giovanni : Free Articles

It had been a lean month and both Ron and I were worried about paying the bills. It's hard to run three companies with no bank loan! In fact, it was the first time we had actually lost money and been in the red. That usually didn't happen to us. To make matters worse, both our son's birthdays were coming up, Christmas was right around the corner, we owed money to some associates and company bills loomed.

Trouble is the more you worry about these sorts of things, the bigger the problem gets. The worry actually pushes the solution farther and farther away from you and it becomes like a runaway train.

I was so upset by all this that I simply couldn't go within and talk to God about it. The emotion of the problem just closed the door and I could hear absolutely nothing. So I asked a few very intuitive friends of mine what they "heard" and all said that everything would be ok and to just hold on for a while longer. One even said that something great was going to happen in December! Great news certainly, but it didn't help the fact that the bills were still sitting on Ron's desk today.

That Saturday, Ron and I decided to just put the problem up onto God's shelf and let Him worry about it for a while. We then went to Adventure Landing and played a little miniature golf with our boys as we both thought the beautiful sunshine and fun atmosphere would do us both good. After we got the clubs, we walked over to the first hole and I leaned on a wooden fence to watch my oldest son start the game off.

Then out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a very tiny spider on the top of the post. I marveled at how small it was and watched it dance around the top of the fence. Then the funniest thing happened. I began to sense that it was actually mad at me!! Do spiders get mad at people? I have never really thought about it and had certainly never "felt" it before, but this one was actually mad at me! Extraordinary!! I could sense it in every bone of my body. Needless to say I moved my arm from the post and instantly felt that the spider was relieved. Then it danced around a second more and lifted it's back-end up into the air. A stream of it's "web" came out and danced in the sunlight. Then the air lifted the spider off the post and it rose into the air!! It was just like that scene from Charlotte's Web when Charlotte's children all leave Wilbur. As I watched, I noticed a tree nearby and thought that perhaps the little guy would land there, but it instead rose higher and higher into the atmosphere. I watched it until my youngest son yelled at me to watch him putt.

Clearly this was a message from God. I knew it immediately. God has this little habit of always being able to get my attention, and when He can't get me to listen, He sends His messages to me in other forms. This time He wanted to tell me to have faith in Him. All I had to do was trust Him and He would take me to great heights! Just like the spider trusted the wind to carry him safely to another place, God wanted me to do the same.

I carried the little spider's message in my mind for the rest of the day. It really was incredibly beautiful, especially coming from a creature that I have always hated. I HATE spiders!!! Somehow though this was different, and I wished my little friend Godspeed and knew that he would land safely.

That evening, my husband and I sat in his office and chatted about some solutions to our dilemma. As I sat on his couch I happened to glance over at his bookcase and noticed two books were crooked. Then I looked at their titles.

No need to hit me on the head with a cosmic two-by-four! I immediately got the message. Ron and I are being guided and will be fine. Message received!!! We'll solve the problem by going within and we'll create a new prosperous reality for everyone in the company!!

Choose to do it, and you will. Choose to change your life and you will. Choose to take off like the little spider did. Life is actually as simple or as difficult as we make it. Imagine that you are an artist facing a blank canvas. You can make the picture as simple or as complex as you like. You can choose the colors and the theme of the painting. Choose to make your painting simple, and it will be. Choose to make your painting difficult, and it will be. Doubt your abilities and doubt that you are worthy enough for God to talk to, and you won't hear Him. It's as simple as that.

God WILL and CAN talk to you in your own language. In words that you can clearly hear and understand. Choose to hear Him. Choose to move forward and watch your life transform!

This is the hope of a better way and even better things yet to come! It is time you had your very own conversation with God . just like I do. Remove your doubts and inhibitions for a brief moment while you walk down this new road. You can always go back to them if you wish. There is a whole new world waiting for you, a world filled with light, love, and unlimited opportunities! Ready? Of course you are. You wouldn't be reading this article now if you weren't. Perhaps this is what the world needs right now, faith that God will talk to us. Imagine how your life would change if you could actually talk to Him! Now you can. In fact, there is a method outlined in my book that is so easy that anyone can learn how to have a two-way conversation with God.

About the Author: Katharine has been a meeting/event planner and concierge for over 20 years and has set up several successful businesses including Triangle Concierge and NewRoad Publishing . She is Triangle Concierge's senior trainer and speaker and is co-author of their best-selling book The Concierge Manual as well as the author of the In-House Concierge Manual. A dynamic public speaker, Katharine has been a speaker at seminars and conferences around the country, and has appeared on both radio and television. She is also the author of the acclaimed inspirational book God, is that you? She can be reached through her websites at www.triangleconcierge.com www.katharinegiovanni.com