After sending this post, I went outside to look and saw two rods next to the rail that cross each other and sit on the ground. They have been there for a long time. Another time, a delivery person's shadow showed up on the steps. The person had a hood on, and you could see his shadow standing there like a ghost.

I can see the cross! I decided to try the Daniel fast for 21 days during this holy season starting today, 4/2/2025. It will end at midnight on the day my mom transitioned to rest two years ago on Sunday, 4/23/2023.

I used to fast often when I was younger, and I could feel God's presence and His guidance more clearly, I pray God will be with you and bless you and bring you close to Him during the fast.

About the shadow of the cross in the picture, I feel it was intentional. Last night while lying in bed, I thought about how severe and frequent natural disasters have been. It is so unpleasant to be alive today. It is not like anyone can just move away from the dangerous zones of their hometowns. I feel puzzled and scared. Last year, around June, a tornado hit about three miles away from my house. It knocked down some trees. No serious damage to homes or death. We get this kind of tornado once in a great while. There are a lot of trees on our block. I wonder whether they help block the strong winds. The branches fell on our lawns quite often. I feel bad for people who live in frequent violent natural disaster zones. Where I am, it is pretty safe compared to Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Texas, Alabama, etc. There are frequent cases of houses burning down but not by natural disasters and there are no wildfires.

I won't go into the details but I feel God was preparing me for mom's transition to rest. My spirit kept promoting me to watch The Passion with Mel Gibson -so much suffering in that movie and Christ's lived experience. A few days after watching The Passion in 2023 I lost mom. I feel The Passion helped me endure seeing her last agonizing hours.

It must be tough watching your loved one in that kind of pain. I didn't watch Mel Gibson's movie because I felt it was too violent.

I never noticed a shadow on our steps that looked like a cross even though the two sticks (rods) that crossed each other were there for a long time. When I saw the second one (shadow), I felt God protected our family from the tornadoes and also wanted to remind me about the meaning of the cross (salvation and how He gave it to humans). He knows I had not thought about it much even though I have been consistent in prayer. I have not attended church for a long time. Pastors like to remind church members about Jesus dying on the cross to save us.

I hope you have a good week. Please pray for me for strength and better health and energy to get things done. I will be prayer for you when I pray.