One morning, after my NDE,I was sitting on my front porch watching the sunrise and just spending time in God’s presence, praying that He would still hear me and talking with Him like I did when I was I Heaven. He had heard me and He had sent me a gift. This gift was a reminder that He was still there. God is always there. He spoke to me, I audibly heard Him say “I am your shelter and your strength during the storms of your life. I am the light that guides you and I love you beyond what your eyes have seen and your ears have heard. When you can’t take another step, it is then that I will carry you and when all your hope is gone; I will give you a peace beyond your understanding and hold you close to my Heart. And when you are strong again I will set you upon your own feet and forever walk beside you, loving you as you walk into eternity.” Just as He said this, a little wren with a broken wing came to see me as she sat there on the front porch, she said to me “I have come from the Great Woods with the dew of yesterdays’ morning to bring you a gift; it is something you are losing. You will soon see this wonderful gift I have for you but first, can you help me dear one, I am in so much pain, can’t you see?” So as I went to her, I gently scooped her up as tenderly as I could and held her close to my heart. I asked the Lord and all the angels too to come and bless this tiny one, to mend her broken wing, to take her pain and allow her to fly again. I prayed and prayed. I prayed as I held her close that she would be free to fly, flying high to the great woods and to drink of the morning’s rain. As I prayed these words she laid her head upon my breast and her heartbeat slowed to the rhythm of mine.But, after a time, the little wren lifted her head and said ” Dear one, I thank you for your love and prayers, but my pain is so severe so I will lay my head down right here and shut my eyes ,it’s time for me to sleep. But, before I do, the gift I bring to you is the gift of faith. Faith, that you too can spread your broken wings. Faith that they will heal and you too will have the strength to fly free. And faith in believing that the beauty of your spirit will lift you high.” She then spread her fragile little wings one last time and laid her head down and closed her eyes. This little angel brought a message and gave a priceless gift. As I looked to the sky I saw her spirit rise and I know that she is free, back to the Great Woods she flies. Since my experience, I have learned that no heartfelt prayer goes unanswered and God is always there, always.