04/29/2024
I was having dinner with my sisters last week and I recounted an experience I had years ago. They said they never heard it~ which really surprised me! I share it regularly with people as it made such a profound impact upon me and was one of the experiences that solidified my Faith in God. I thought if they never heard it, then maybe my friends haven't either.
Here is what happened:
I was at Image Care in Latham and it was one of the first MRIs I ever had, soon after I went through treatment for cancer. I was unaware what an MRI was and not prepared to “hold still…don’t move…hold your breath” with the unbelievable deafening noise of the machine happening which added stress to my fragile state.
I knew Jesus was “out there” and this day, in the MRI I cried out to him as I lay still fearing I was slipping into a panic attack.
As soon as I called upon him in my heart and mind, there we were walking side by side in a pasture of electric purple flowers. I sensed He was walking on my right side. I went to step and said to Him “I can’t, I will crush the flowers!”. He said in a loving, gentle voice, “Go head, they are your flowers”. I laughed to myself, thinking that’s so Jesus. I knew instantly in my heart the message he was conveying was He gifts us with everything in this world as precious as the flowers- our lives- to enjoy and yes even crush.
I describe the time in the treatment room as a bell curve of consciousness. Some of the time I was most aware of my surroundings and following the directives. But the curve dipped way down when He and I were together.
A little while later I was standing on the edge of what seemed to be a cliff. He was again on my right and motioned in the distance. All I saw was the white material of His tunic. He motioned across the valley which was surrounded by mountains on all sides. “Do you see, that is where altars are built”. Hmmmm I wasn’t quite sure what He meant by that. Nonetheless, it was what I heard in my heart.
Soon, I heard the echoey voice from behind the glass say in a sorry but stern kind of voice, “We need to repeat a scan because you moved,”. Moved? Oh no, if I did before and thought I was still I might again. How can I suffer through more of this exam. Only with God’s help, for sure. “Lord please help me! Just once more!” My mouth never felt so dry in my entire life.
Suddenly He and I were kneeling next to a stream. Again, He was on my right side.
Jesus scooped water up in His hands and said as I drank, “From where this comes there is no end”. I was quenched, not only physically but spiritually in that moment.
The nurse came in and I sat up and hopped down from the table. I was ecstatic!
When I returned home I went into my bedroom and flipped open my Bible. I needed to find what the heck I just lived.
I opened the page precisely to Psalm 23.
A Psalm of David.
1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
3 he refreshes my soul.
He guides me along the right paths
for his name’s sake.
4 Even though I walk
through the darkest valley,[a]
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely your goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.
So cool~
I hope this account gives you Hope and an understanding that all you need to do is Ask, Seek and Knock.
Matthew 7:7-8
7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
