An Unseen Presence

On 9/11, the center of impact on Building Two of The World Trade Center was the 81st floor. Only four people who worked above that floor survived.

Ron DeFranco was one of them. But he says he did not make the descent through fire, smoke, and darkness alone. An unseen presence was with him.

When he hit a wall of debris blocking the stairs, he crouched on the floor to get under the smoke. He was in despair.

A voice said, “Get up!”

It was insistent.

The voice addressed him by name and told him he could do it.

All the way down he felt pushed, guided, sometimes even lifted.

“An angel led me through the fire,” he said.

Moments after he made it out, the building came down.

Another person buried under the rubble that day saw Christ standing before him. He knew he was safe.

These stories are told in John Geiger’s bestseller, The Third Man.

(Not a good name for this kind of experience, but it has a history.)

I shared with you recently the story of popular singer M.I.A. (her stage name).

She was in an isolated place with no phone service and was so ill she believed she was dying.

Then Jesus appeared to her, silently loving and encouraging her.

M.I.A. was Hindu and didn’t like Christianity.

But she was faced with a new reality.

She said, “When you need help, it is Jesus who comes to save you.”

Accounts like these are too numerous to ignore.

How do you deal with them? Do they fit your theology?

Do they lift you or trouble you? Let me know.

My e-mail is below.

revmaxb@tx.rr.com