Journey of a Disciple #7

 I had an unusual experience when I was 21 years old. I was working evenings and Saturdays at the Harry Turner Advertising Agency in Topeka, Kansas to earn money for my apartment and the cost of the semester at Washburn University. One night as I was walking home from work, which was not far from the university, I paused at a street corner and looked up at the beautiful starry heavens, thinking about how amazing my Creator is to make such a beautiful and glorious sky with the lovely moon and stars and planets, all moving just as God had planned for them. 

I was praying and thanking the Lord for his blessings, when I looked up and saw the personage of Jesus coming towards me. He seemed to be about 50 yards in front of me. He was floating above the earth a couple of feet and moving toward me very quickly. It wasn’t difficult to identify who he was, since I remembered seeing paintings of him looking just as I saw him that night. He was wearing a long white robe, as white as the snow. It glowed with a brilliant light, emanating from his whole personage. I remember he was reaching out to me with outstretched arms, not waiting for me to come to him, but coming straight toward me.

 

When he was about 10 or so yards from me, his image disappeared from my view. It was an unbelievably wonderful vision of the Master which I will never forget. 

I can see him again in my mind, just as he was that night long ago. The experience has given me the assurance of his tremendous love for me and for all people. I know without a shadow of a doubt that he gave me this vision because he wants me to have that assurance, in addition to providing me with a vivid testimony to share with others of his never-ending love for me and for all his children. He is forever reaching out to us. Of that I am quite certain. 

I firmly believe that he desires for me to share this testimony with others, which I have done whenever I can. It has never concerned me whether others may or may not believe the experience. My responsibility is to simply tell the story and leave the convincing up to the Holy Spirit, whose work is to reveal truth and light. I have great joy in being able to write of this experience, so that it will be recorded forevermore for others to read.*

*from my book, Journey of a Disciple, available in print and eBook at amazon.com

Gene Groner, author and biographer     geneallengroner@gmail.com