25th Thursday, 1.30 pm, I felt moved to meditate. It was so strong, I found I wanted to meditate only and nothing else. I stayed in meditation the rest of the afternoon. I noted the time. It was either for me, my family or the dying.

I used to think, God knows what I need and do not pray but I have since learned – prayers are necessary though God knows all our needs. I noticed that when I felt moved to pray for my house one afternoon at work. I got back and a text soon came in telling me I had an offer on the house. I realized from that, God was granting me my wish and I still had to pray for it. It was a lesson I do not forget.

Today, Sunday, 28th January, I went to the hospice. The nurses did not have any patient I could sit with and meditate. I sat in the prayer room and meditated. I prayed for all patients there when a desire to ask about Thursday’s afternoon came to my mind. I pushed it aside, I did not want to be a bother, asking the nurses about deaths. I prayed again and saw 8. Room 8, hmmm, I likely can sit with room 8 patient.

After half an hour, I went to the nurses’ station, they still did not have anyone. I went to one nurse and asked her, “Jeannette, I will not do this every time but did someone die on Thursday?”

She checked the book, “Thursday, 3 am.” I told her, “No, not that one.”

She said slowly, as though testing out the words, “1.30 pm. 25th January.”

“That’s it,” I told her. “Thursday afternoon, between 1.30 and 2 pm, I felt moved strongly to pray.”

“Room 8,” she told me. “She was in room 8.” I did not pay it much heed, registering the fact only the name is not familiar and I had not been in room 8. I did see room 8 in meditation.

It told me I did not have to sit with patients for them to let me know they were moving over when it came to me, those feelings of being drawn into deep meditation need not mean they reach out to me, it could be they were passing over and needed someone to pray for them and I was moved to pray for her.

I do not need to limit myself to those I have been with only, those who know me but everyone, those I know and do not know.

I did find, this time, volunteering to sit with the dying, I get into meditative trance easily. When I sit in meditation, that trance would take over.