Amethyst ~ Divine Connection

Wow!  The amethyst piece above was a beautiful gift to me from my husband a few years ago, and yes, he purchased it at Vitality Crystals & Fountains!  I am honouring Melanie throughout the daily card readings this week, and so I am using the card decks that Melanie brought into my life, including the Crystal Ally card deck that your card is drawn from today. I honestly already had it in my mind to take the picture of today's card with this lovely amethyst piece that takes up residence on our fireplace mantle, prior to drawing the card for today...then what card flies out of the deck as I am shuffling, but the 'Amethyst ~ Divine Connection' card!  I am in such gratitude!  Perfect!  Do you see the Light shining on the amethyst?  I had been feeling particularly 'low' this morning, thinking of Melanie's memorial tomorrow afternoon, and many feelings were rising up in me.  Clearly, the Universe is there to support us, if we just allow...yes, the pain is still there, but there is now Light shining upon it and easing it...  You just never know exactly how that support will present to you, just trust that it IS there for you.  I say, 'Thanks', I say 'Amen'!

Naisha's message for your card today is this:
"When Amethyst enters your cards your Higher Self is sending you a message.  Be alert for opportunities, messages or signs that may indicate the direction your Higher Self and highest guides are preparing for you.  These signs may come in the form of intuition, a hunch or a 'gut feeling.  Perhaps a new book, relationship, or job may be coming your way that will take you further down your path.  Whatever the means, you are being sent a wake-up call, and a message to prepare for the working of the Divine in your life.  Amethyst may also be telling you that you entering into a new state of Divine Connection.  By opening to and acting upon guidance and intuition that you receive, you are cultivating a relationship with the Higher mind.  Amethyst has come to aid you in creating a firm connection with Higher levels of consciousness.  This Ally's energy will help to stimulate your innate psychic abilities, so that you can become a true channel for the Divine to manifest in your life.  Open yourself to the energies of Amethyst, and prepare to manifest a new relationship with All That Is.
Chakra:  Crown chakra
Affirmation:  I am open to Divine guidance."

My message for you today is this:
As I indicated in what I shared with you about how the Amethyst card literally flew out of the deck for your reading today, I understood CLEARLY that this was not a 'coincidence', but rather a message from the Divine about more than just the Amethyst card presenting so synchronistically for us today.  Light and Divine connection is always available to us, even when we are feeling surrounded by shadows...in fact it is MOST available to us then, if we shift our awareness and then ACKNOWLEDGE and show gratitude for the guidance and support that is being offered.  Amethyst has come forward for you today to remind you that connection to Higher Self IS accessible for you; to assist you in making that connection; and to affirm that you must follow through on the messages and guidance that are provided for you in order to further nurture and develop that relationship.  TRUST. ALLOW. BELIEVE. RECEIVE.  Take guided action!  Express your gratitude for having the loving presence of the Divine as a 'conscious connection' in your life!  
As Naisha states so eloquently in regards to 'consciously connecting':
"Amethyst reminds one that asking for Divine Guidance is only the first step. Trusting one's guidance enough to act upon it is the crucial next step that many of us do not follow through on.  When a friend does not listen to you, you will stop speaking of important things to that person, assuming that they do not value what you have to say.  It is the same on a universal level.  If you do not value the guidance that you receive from Divine sources, those sources will cease to communicate with you.  You can show your willingness to grow by acting upon the inner guidance that you receive through your Divine connection."
I would add that, in my experience and opinion, it is NOT that the Divine isn't always attempting to be in connection with you, and that the Divine will shut down communication if you don't acknowledge the messages being sent your way, so much as that your RECEPTIVITY to what the Divine is attempting to share is lessened and the connection is weakened.  When you make yourself open in connecting to the Divine, strive to be accepting of the guidance, and thereby take the initiative to FOLLOW THROUGH on that guidance, you make your connection a strong one!  What Naisha is referring to above is that, the effort you put into a relationship determines the quality of it.  Amethyst has presented for us today to remind us to make the effort to commune with our Higher Selves...to do so only enhances your experience here in the physical!
Blessed be...