Monique...I offer my sincere condolences as well. I will keep you and your family in my prayers.
I DO believe that this happens, it happens to very frequently, most times it's not a serious as death, but usually, it's something serious. I think sometimes, that it's a tool that God uses to help prepare us for the news we are about to receive.
When I was a sophomore in high school, I was a member of the marching band. My cousin, who was a lot older, had told me that he wanted to me to come over that weekend so he could show me his new motorcycle. He NEVER told me what kind/color, etc. As we were on the bus, heading to a football game, I saw a bad accident, and it was a motorcycle, the driver was dead, and they had him covered with a sheet. I immediately started crying and I couldn't stop, I said that's my cousin!!! My best friend said, "Well, Frank never told you what kind of bike he had, think about all the motorcycles there are in SC, that's not him, why would you think that?" I was so shaken that I couldn't even go out on the field with the band. After the game, my mom was late picking me up. So I called my cousin's wife to see if she could come get me. She was crying and she said, "Oh, you didn't hear, Frank was killed in a motorcycle wreck"
That was only one of the things that's happened to me...most times is just an overwhelming sense/need to call someone. I got this for my grandma a couple months back, and I just said I HAVE to call Nana, that day she'd fell and broke her ankle. I got an urge to call my grandma and pop-pop, and my aunt said the ambulance had just left, he was having a heart-attack. Had an urge to call my sister in NY, and that morning, she'd stepped off the curb and gotten hit by a bus that was pulling into traffic (not serious, it wasn't going fast, but she was in the hospital for a few hours)
Anyway, I could go on and on with examples, but I talked to one of the ministers about it, and they said that it's a spirit of discernment. You are so in touch with your family and friends, that you KNOW when someone is greiving/aching/in pain, and you are sensitive to that. So DO believe in what you saw, that is just more of an affirmation of your bond with your cousin is such that even DEATH cannot break that, you are in tune with her spirit. Be Strong and We are praying for you..
Sorry about the length, ya'll
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