In the Old Tes­ta­ment story, when Isaac was called by God, he answered, “Hineni.” Trans­lated from the Hebrew, hineni means, “Here I am, for you called me.” In the Bible, the word hineni is used when God per­son­ally calls on some­one to do some­thing dif­fi­cult and impor­tant. “Here I am,” Abra­ham responds to God’s call; “Here I am,” replies Moses. It’s such a sim­ple state­ment and yet, it’s one of the most pow­er­ful things a human being can say. Here I am: ready, will­ing and able. Ready, Will­ing and Able This is how angels show up in our lives: ready, will­ing and able to help. Here I am, they tell us, through signs and syn­chronic­ity. Here I am, for you called me. When they show up, we feel blessed, reassured—and seen; and that’s some­thing every­one needs. The expe­ri­ence of God’s pres­ence is brac­ing and affirm­ing. It lets us know: you mat­ter to me. That’s why the angels are will­ing to send sign after sign until we get the mes­sage. We are that impor­tant to God. Our pres­ence to our­selves can be just as pow­er­ful. Though in the past, we’ve made promises to our­selves — to make health­ier choices for our body; to show Read the Rest…