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Saturday, April 26, 2008

~Past those gates~

 

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Last night ,after staying up quite late, I lay down in bed and as every night,I began to say my prayers. After praying from sometime, I could feel the presense of the Holy Spirit there with me. I was thinking about how wonderful God is and how some day I will spend eternally with him in Heaven. How this world is truly not my home at all, just a place I am visiting for a while. I began to feel God's presense even stronger and with my eyes closed and my mind open to God, I let my imagination take me to where God is.....really this was a truly spiritual experience and much more than just my human imagination. In my mind I began to focus on a beautiful light, the  Gates of Pearl, which opened for me and just beyond were the streets of gold. Then there were crowds of people there to greet me, such peaceful looks on their faces, smiles, hands reaching out to welcome me. I knew all these souls, there were no strangers there...I felt a great sense of love and contentment, none to be found as such in this life...I began walking down the beautiful golden street and admired all the wonders to behold. There were brilliant white picket fences on each side of the street and big beautiful ,wonderful homes lining the streets, lots of beautiful plant life, and animals as well. People everywhere in their glory, no sadness, no sorrow to be found anywhere in this place.. I remember this one certain home that I knew in my mind is where I belonged .I walked though the gates of a picket fence and this home was beautiful, unlike any I have seen in this life. It had a huge porch across the front with a big porch swing hanging at one end. I thought, Oh, I am going to love sitting in that and talking to friends and loved ones. There were love ones to greet me at this home,but I didn't see anyone, I just knew they were there and I could feel their excitement that I had came home....I once again found myself walking down the beautiful golden street and at the end was a wide and long set of steps that led to the throne of God. I climb to the top with great ease and walk right up to God himself...I never focused on his face,but I just knelt at his feet and lay my head in his lap...at that point he lay his hand on my head and I felt in my body and spirit a great rush of God's presense and began to weep as I lay in my bed. My journey was over and I lay there and thought of what had just happened and thanked God for allowing me just a tiny bit of the wonderment of how Heaven must truly be... it was so much more than just my mind taking a fantasy trip...I believe I experienced a small glimpse of Heaven.....

Thanks for letting me share with you...and God bless you all, Sis.Shelley



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  • #1 Comment from etandkatie 
    4/26/08 1:29 PM | Permalink
    PRAISE GOD, I JUST READ YOUR JOURNAL ENTRY SHELLEY, AND I JUST FEEL SO BLESSED. WITH TEARS RUNNING DOWN MY CHEEKS, PRAYING, AND THANKING OUR PRECIOUS LORD. I FEEL LIKE I JUST MADE THE JOURNEY WITH YOU., AND FELT A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN MYSELF. PRAISING HIM ALWAYS.
     WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH.     MOM