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I would like to share this experience that I had last evening. But first some background knowledge might help to clarify the story. I struggle at times with whether or not the Catholic church is the one true church. There is a long history which I won’t go into, but suffice to say I’ve been ifluenced by some fundamentalist Christians. I left the Church several years ago and then came back. Since I’ve been back I have struggled, and have bounced up and down with feelings of security in the Church’s teachings and then questioning it’s doctrines. Many times I’ve come to peace then some incident makes me question. This past weekend I’ve struggled somewhat and decided last night to ask God for a sign indicating that the Catholic church is the one true church.
At the time I went to sleep a thunderstorm had hit the area. I finally fell asleep, but during the evening I woke slightly (not sure why come to think of it) and immediately was thinking about the particular struggle I was going through. I was still quite sleepy and had not thought very long when a very bright lightening lit up the sky. And not more than a second later there was an extremely loud crash of thunder. The kind that actually makes your entire home vibrate. It took several seconds before the entire noise had gone away. I immediately got up to check on my children. My oldest son was awake and said to me, “mom did you hear that thunder”? We talked about it for a minute then he went back to sleep. I went back to bed and the thought crossed my mind that perhaps this was the sign I had asked for. I was not sure so I did not ponder the thought all that much and went back to sleep.
The next morning my husband remarked about the thunder and later in the day my nephew called to tell me about it. He was so scared he ran to his mom and dad’s room. I tell you this just to establish how loud this thunder was. It was definitely something to talk about.
Anyway, later that morning I was homeschooling my son. I was teaching him a lesson in his language arts book. I introduced the lesson, did a few examples with him and sent him off to finish the exercises. A few minutes later he called me over for help. I had to read the sentence he was having difficulty with. It read like this, " Have you heard God speak in the thunder, or felt His voice in the stillness of your heart?" When you hear in a novel that someone gasped it sounds a bit of an exaggerarion, but that is just what I did. I gasped loudly enough for my son to ask what was the matter. It hit me finally that indeed God was responding to my request.
Have you heard from God lately? Maybe you have a story you can share.
At the time I went to sleep a thunderstorm had hit the area. I finally fell asleep, but during the evening I woke slightly (not sure why come to think of it) and immediately was thinking about the particular struggle I was going through. I was still quite sleepy and had not thought very long when a very bright lightening lit up the sky. And not more than a second later there was an extremely loud crash of thunder. The kind that actually makes your entire home vibrate. It took several seconds before the entire noise had gone away. I immediately got up to check on my children. My oldest son was awake and said to me, “mom did you hear that thunder”? We talked about it for a minute then he went back to sleep. I went back to bed and the thought crossed my mind that perhaps this was the sign I had asked for. I was not sure so I did not ponder the thought all that much and went back to sleep.
The next morning my husband remarked about the thunder and later in the day my nephew called to tell me about it. He was so scared he ran to his mom and dad’s room. I tell you this just to establish how loud this thunder was. It was definitely something to talk about.
Anyway, later that morning I was homeschooling my son. I was teaching him a lesson in his language arts book. I introduced the lesson, did a few examples with him and sent him off to finish the exercises. A few minutes later he called me over for help. I had to read the sentence he was having difficulty with. It read like this, " Have you heard God speak in the thunder, or felt His voice in the stillness of your heart?" When you hear in a novel that someone gasped it sounds a bit of an exaggerarion, but that is just what I did. I gasped loudly enough for my son to ask what was the matter. It hit me finally that indeed God was responding to my request.
Have you heard from God lately? Maybe you have a story you can share.
