Now—From the Other Side

I may have caused some discomfort these last two weeks. I provoked one reader to say, “You have now gone crazy.”

I’ve been talking about extravagant ways God may intervene in our lives.

One woman reported to me that just as her car was about to plow into a truck, both vehicles seemed to dematerialize—and passed through each other. Not even a dent. No one was hurt.

I have eight similar accounts. They say it takes three trees to make a row.

Eight is a small forest!

Now, let me take it from the other side: Scott, age 18, was grieving the death of the friend who helped him get off drugs. Marty died at just 17.

After Marty died, Scott’s grief was so strong he started to think of drugs again. Then, one night as he slept on the couch in his living room, his world changed. Let Scott tell it:

I was awake.

The clock said 2:05.

And suddenly, there was Marty 10 feet away from me. I sat in shock. One part of me was scared—but I was also happy.

He came over to me. It was light all around us. He said, “Don’t be upset, OK? I’m happy. Don’t keep your mind on me. Go on with your life.”

He was smiling like he never did in life. I gave him a hug. I could smell his scent and feel his body heat. I felt his breath when he talked. It was the weirdest thing.

Then he was gone.

Scott was lifted—and stayed off drugs.

But note the physical element of the encounter.

Matter can move from insubstantial to substantial.

Or, scientists would say, from wave to particle and back to wave.

God has made the world so that what God wants to happen, can happen.