{"id":13945,"date":"2026-03-10T08:49:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T08:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/a-divine-message-from-a-mermaid\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T09:33:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:33:53","slug":"a-divine-message-from-a-mermaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/angels\/a-divine-message-from-a-mermaid\/","title":{"rendered":"A Divine Message from a Mermaid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For most of my life, I lived in New York. But six months ago, I moved to New Jersey to be closer to my daughter. She was <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/living-with-cancer\/8-cancer-fighting-foods-to-eat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fighting cancer<\/a>, and I didn\u2019t regret my decision to give her all the support I could on a moment\u2019s notice. I was right where I wanted to be. The town was beautiful, and near the ocean, where I could take long walks, just as I had at Coney Island in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Strolling along the Jersey shore, I just wished I felt more settled by now. I was so focused on my daughter I hadn\u2019t had much <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/friends-and-family\/friends\/how-to-make-friends-at-any-age\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">time to make friends<\/a> or find a new church home. The ocean was always where I\u2019d felt closest to God, so I\u2019d come today with a specific prayer for myself. It had been a while since I prayed for anything but my daughter\u2019s health, so I was a little out of practice when it came to asking for something for me. I looked out at the turquoise waters. <i>It would really help to feel your undeniable presence in my life today, Lord.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>As a child, I often walked the Coney Island beach with my grandmother. She used to joke that I was drawn to the sea because I had mermaid blood running in my veins. Grandma came from a long line of seafaring Irishmen, so she knew all about mermaids. \u201cYou know, mermaid tears are blue and green,\u201d she used to say. \u201cThat\u2019s what gives the ocean its color.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMermaids are just fairy tales, Grandma,\u201d I told her. \u201cYou\u2019ve never seen one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I\u2019ve never seen God either, but I know he\u2019s real. Don\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandma was teasing, but all these years later, her point still stood. I knew God heard my prayer today, like every day, even if I couldn\u2019t see him. I just <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/miracles\/gods-grace\/how-hearing-gods-voice-provides-comfort-and-reassurance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">longed for reassurance<\/a> that he was with me, even when I was <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/better-living\/emotional-and-mental-health\/how-to-journal-through-a-time-of-isolation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">feeling a bit isolated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I scanned the water for mermaids in memory of Grandma\u2019s lesson, then headed back to my car. I took a wrong turn on my way home\u2014all the streets still looked alike to me. Luckily, I spotted a roadside vendor up ahead, an older gentleman surrounded by a jumble of pots and pans, toys, record albums and knitwear. I pulled up and lowered the window. \u201cCan you help me get home?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSure can,\u201d he said, running a hand through his long white hair. \u201cHave a look around while I look in my truck for a map.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t think I\u2019d find much among his wares to interest me, but I got out to be polite. I was examining an old porcelain sink when a painting caught my eye. It was hung up on a fence above my head: <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/miracles\/gods-grace\/an-important-lesson-from-an-italian-renaissance-painting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a painting<\/a> of Jesus walking beside a sea the color of mermaid tears.<\/p>\n<p>The vendor came back with his maps. \u201cNice, isn\u2019t it?\u201d he said, jerking his chin at the painting. \u201cI picked it up from the curb. Hoped it would find its way to the right person one day. Looks like that\u2019s you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before I could object, he was reaching above my head to take the painting off the fence. His sleeve bunched around his shoulder when he stretched his arm up, revealing a tattoo that Grandma would have loved. \u201cA mermaid!\u201d I said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsn\u2019t it a beaut? Got it when I was in the Navy,\u201d he said. \u201cYou know, it could be that I even saw a mermaid from the ship.\u201d He gave me a wink and some directions, then loaded up my purchase.<\/p>\n<p>Driving off, I had the distinct impression that I\u2019d just been sent an angelic message from the ocean. God had indeed followed me to my home in New Jersey, where I\u2019d hang my beautiful new painting.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>For more angelic stories, subscribe to <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopguideposts.org\/magazines\/angels-on-earth-magazine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Angels on Earth<\/strong><\/a><em> magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For most of my life, I lived in New York. But six months ago, I moved to New Jersey to be closer to my daughter. She was fighting cancer, and I didn\u2019t regret my decision to give her all the support I could on a moment\u2019s notice. I was right where I wanted to be. 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