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Be careful what you think you asked for, it may not be what you actually get, 'cos someone up there has a real sense of humour!
Suddenly the floor started to shake and the it felt like the whole house was moving. I found myself gripping the chair and desk tightly and thinking that the roof was going to come down.
I had not been able to sleep and had gone down stairs to get myself a drink before going back to bed.
The shaking lasted for about 10 seconds and got louder and more terrifying. I heard a loud deep rumbling, much like the sound of the London underground tube before it emerges from the tunnel with the accompanying wind sounds it brings with it, and felt an enormous thud. I remember wondering if my water tank had been dislodge and was about to come through the ceiling, or the chimney was about to crash in.
When the shaking stopped I got up and switched on all the lights as I checked each of the bedrooms and the bathroom.
A year or so ago a car that had been stolen and was being pursued by police crashed into my downstairs front window and I thought perhaps this had occurred again, and was the root of the commotion but the thud was different this time. Tentatively I switched on the lights and went downstairs to inspect each room, not sure what I would find, or who I would find in my house.
For someone living alone I think I was either very brave or extremely stupid to even think about doing this but when there is no one else one has to just pluck up the courage to go investigate and I thought it would be more stupid not to go see.
I wondered if there had been a gas explosion or something had happened to my next door neighbours house, so I just had to go and see 'cos I knew I would not settle if I didn't.
I wasn't sure what I would find. I went out side but no one was about...and I felt quite mystified and rather silly. Did they sleep through it...?
C'mon God, you got to be kidding, when I said, please make the earth move for me - at least one more time before I shuffle of this mortal coil - I did NOT mean for you to literally MOVE THE EARTH, I meant, could you arrange to move the 'earth for me' nudge nudge, y' know love, companionship, cue the music, sunset, a rising moon shimmering on thel sea, with the whisper of a cool breeze and candlelight, a kiss and....and the romance of my life...got the picture yet...need I say more?
Guess the answer is NO, you want me all for yourself.
And all this while I thought my doctor was treating me for VERTIGO!
Well, the earth certainly moved for me last night - not quite in the way I prayed for - though it was quite something. A night to remember. Another moment of true enlightenment.
Actually, it has really made me stop and think about the real things that we cannot control and the power greater than myself that is in control and able to do mighty things without any help or requests or input from me.
This was the biggest earthquake in the UK for 25 years and measured 5.4 [I know, baby baby shake when compared to some that have happened elsewhere, but it was HUGE for ME], it's all relative as are our experiences and sharing and loving and caring and journeying.
Certainly set some things into perspective for me last night.
Have a good one today. Love as always.
-- Edited by Heartbroken at 07:17, 2008-02-27
-- Edited by Heartbroken at 07:27, 2008-02-27
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Wow HB - an earthquake?!?! Sure hope you're okay!!!! Gives new meaning to "be careful what you wish for", eh??! HP and his "sense of humor"......lol.......he rocked a lot of folks worlds last night.
Your HP and mine must be the same , though I have never experienced a "God Moment" on quite that scale!!!
Glad you are okay...and isn't it wonderful to be able to see those "moments" like that in a new way. Something along those lines happens to me and instead of scratching my head or sitting in fear, I just look up and see my HP giving me a wink and a smile and share a laugh with Him!
Have a wonderful day, my friend!
Hmmmmm .... a bond girl eh??
Now you are really opening up the possibilities for a new nickname for you!! rofl!
Well I'm glad you're okay. It is rare for an earthquake to take place there. I remember the same feeling 20 years ago. I'm lying in bed and the bed started to shake. I thought it was me so I rolled over and was still shaking. It turned out we had a small quake here in NY. Believe it or not we are on a fault line! Thank goodness, I thought I was losing my mind. Don't mess with Mother Nature or HP because you can't win. What a good lesson. Love and blessings to you and your family.
Live strong, Karilynn & Pipers Kitty
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Oh WOW! I just finished reading your post and then glanced over at the local news on TV and there you were! On a crawl across the bottom of the screen! Earthquake in the Midlands of England felt as far away as Wales!! And I am sitting here, alone saying out loud "I KNOW!!! My friend caused it by asking God for a little shake up!!!!" LOLOL!!! I won't tell Heart! Next ask HP for a million bucks (maybe you'd have a million male deer in your front yard) oh Christmas in July.....
When I lived in Washington we had earthquakes periodically. I remember two specifically. One I was sitting at the kitchen table and it started shaking and I thought my boyfriend was doing it and I told him to stop and looked up and there was just me and my 1 year old daughter at the table and she certainly wasn't making it jump...
The other time I was facilitating a meeting at a local library - a brick library - and it was a rather large quake and the walls moved and you could see the spaces between the bricks as they shook. We all ran out into the parking lot which is the last thing you are supposed to do but I guess the trees seemed safer than the bricks at that moment. That was a good one and I think that was one of the scariest things I ever experienced.
I'm glad you're ok and didn't get hit in the head with yet another brick... LOL
I'm going to refrain from asking God to make the earth move for me. Madame Pele here on the Big Island of Hawaii would certainly have no problems making that happen! The two big earthquakes we had here in October '06 were more than enough earth-moving for me! I'll ask for other things from God instead. ;)
Glad you're okay, and glad you got confirmation that God's listening (and has a sense of humor on top of it!)
I live in earthquake territory. Oddly enough I am never scared by them. I am scared of floods and hurricanes though. I think I have so much ptsd I live in numbdom.
Thank you everyone for the laugh that you have given me in your responses. Some of my friends always said that God listened to me when I prayed and that is why they come to me; however, it just shows you how carefully you have to phrase your request.
As for the bucks in my front garden, Serendipity, there are herds of deer on the estate of Lady Jane Grey, which is only five minutes drive from me so I had better be VERY CAREFUL OR I will get the four legged bucks rushing over here!
This has been one of the whackiest, happiest, smiley days I have had for ages. Did it really take an Earthquake to make me smile...I must have been quite low 'cos I usually find the most simplistic things to laugh about and then I get the giggles and I cannot stop, and it keeps me amused for days.
This one is going to keep me amused for YEARS!
though I never got the man of my dreams?
perhaps I should try again? What do you think? On the other hand, may be not?
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England would NOT be happy if you keep praying for the man of your dreams, HB!! lol Best leave that prayer alone for awhile. How bout just a good book?!?!?!
Oh but wait, don't forget delicious Sean Connery, he improves with age too; and I love the docet tones of his Scottish accent. I could listen to him all night long.
Accents so intrigue me. Sigh
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Be careful what you think you asked for, it may not be what you actually get, 'cos someone up there has a real sense of humour! 
For someone living alone I think I was either very brave or extremely stupid to even think about doing this but when there is no one else one has to just pluck up the courage to go investigate and I thought it would be more stupid not to go see.
I went out side but no one was about...and I felt quite mystified and rather silly. Did they sleep through it...?
, though I have never experienced a "God Moment" on quite that scale!!! 
