Friday’s Word

The Truth Can Be Hard to Believe

a man riding a bike down a street with two children

I look at the evidence.

I look at what’s there and try to figure out what it means.

Take the story below—much like the one I told last week. Joel Harper is a well-known personal trainer who has appeared on Oprah, ABC News and PBS specials.

He rides a bicycle in New York everywhere he goes. One day he was late for a meeting and biking as fast as he could.

He saw, some 60 ft. in front of him, a father and a little girl. She looked about three. They were playing beside the bike path.

Let Joel tell his story:

“At the exact moment I reached them, the child darted in front of me. I could not stop or even slow down. I knew I would hit her.

But now—I don’t know how to say this.

I didn’t hit her.

My bike and I went through her body.

Just sailed through her body.

I felt I was floating. She went right through me. No one was hurt.

It was a physical thing, but it seemed spiritual.

I stopped to look back. The dad seemed in shock, as was I.

And I was too confused to go back and talk to him.

I know it sounds crazy. I hate to put it into words.

It is beyond words.”

Joel harper

I have other similar accounts. This is God working, but through the laws of nature.

Science tells us all matter exists as both particle and wave. In the wave state, matter is not solid.

Something like this took place in the resurrection. The dead body of Jesus dematerialized.

The burial cloth fell through the body.

The cloth lay flat on the burial slab. That’s the way the disciples found it.

The truth can be hard to believe.

It is still the truth.