"Holy Spirit: Where is my phone?!"

With no superpowers or a direct line with God, I can still brag that -in the past months- my connection with the Holy Spirit has strengthened to the point where He guides even in the most trivial situations.

Every time I am in a rush, and cannot find something (a common occurrence) whether it is my car keys, my blazer, my work badge or my phone, instead of desperately turning the

Unlike technology, God never fails.

house around, or shall I say, while I am doing it, this instantaneous “Help!” mental message sends itself to the Holy Spirit and surprisingly, I get a prompt reply -either in the form of a fraction of a second mental snapshot of the place where they are- or through unconscious steps that I find myself taking towards the closet, kitchen or the laundry room, where I find what I was looking for. This always stops me off my tracks, in a good way; it feels me with awe and gratitude.

That sense of knowing that He is with me ALL the time, makes me feel loved and confident that I am taken care of and that I can ask Him for guidance in big and small decisions.

I know that I should not need “signs” to remind me of His love, but many times I let uncertainty prompt anxiety and racing thoughts on me. I am no Saint or theology expert; I can be lazy, avoid feelings and miss church, among many other things that I know make God unhappy. But ever since He humbled me to the point of knowing that I cannot do ANYTHING without his help, I have learned to depend on Him (or shall I say, bug him every second), even to find insignificant things like headphones. But unlike Alexa, Jesus never answers “Sorry, Martha…I didn’t get that!”