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GOD’S LOVE IN A VAN!! |
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Missionary Carol Hall, Nagoya Japan |
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God does the most amazing things,
and often they are totally unexpected! |
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About 20 years ago, when I
was actively doing art shows in the malls in the the
Northwest area, I had an “OLD ART VAN” which
carried all my paintings, display things, etc. This van was
also my “bedroom” each night. Many of the artists would park
somewhere in a group & sleep in trailers
or vans…… I had a big “JESUS LOVES YOU” on the back of my van, and some of the “tough guy
artists ” would laugh at my art, cause it was about the Lord
Jesus. One very very
cold frosty night, I had to cover myself
with extra cardboard to keep warm and the whole thing was very
inconvenient!!! As I snuggled deep into my
sleeping bag I put my earphones and was listening to “HANDEL’S MESSIAH”
and talking to the Lord. I have always loved the way
certain anointed choirs sing this music……….the majesty of HIS WORD just
rivets my heart as it pours forth thru this music!!! But suddenly, I was OUT OF
MY VAN!!! However, I could still hear the Handel’s Messiah
playing in the background. I was IN SPACE…sort of just THERE…..I
was in OUTER SPACE, and could see stars and planets just right there around
me, yet extending beyond anything I could see! (No, I never took drugs, by the way) Even though I could still
hear Handel’s Messiah in the distance, ALL AROUND me, and
FLOATING thru space, and touching each star and planet was the Most most most amazing musical
sounds…….How can I describe it? It was gentle but extremely
intense…there was such a great, scary power in it, but it had such a peace at
the same time. It reverberated all thru space, touching
everything and moving. I could SEE IT MOVING and weaving its way
thru everything…. I KNEW THE LORD WAS BESIDE
ME, though I did not see Him. How else could I be in such a
place? I asked Him……..”Lord, what is this?…….
What is this music lmving thru the planets?…………” And He spoke to me very
plainly and said, “This music is my
love. My love is even here in space….and it is my love that holds all
the stars and planets in place….My love keeps the universe in order, for my
love has such power that no human can even comprehend. I am
letting you see MY LOVE as MUSIC…. It never stops, and it moves
EVERYWHERE & creates and shifts as I want it to……..This music is part of
ME, and it has the power over everything it touches. (I can’t describe His
voice…it was very close to me, and He was like a friend, that just wanted me
to see this great thing…….. I never wanted to leave this place….) I was so
awe struck to SEE THIS. I know it sounds weird, but it was real!
(and I could still hear Handel’s Messiah in the background, and it sounded so NOTHING….so ordinary,
compared to this HEAVENLY GOD’S LOVE MUSIC THAT CAME RIGHT OUT OF
GOD!!!!) Gradually, I could feel
myself going away from this place, and I said “OH LORD,
Please,…..please let me stay here awhile longer….Oh, please Lord……I wanted to
turn and grab hold of Him, so that I couldn’t go back….I begged Him….… “Please Let mmmmeeeee staaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy………” “Please Lord….no..no…not
yet…….noooooooooooooooooooooooooo” ……..but I felt myself SLOWLY
drift back into my old art van and as I came back, the HANDEL’s MESSIAH got
louder and louder in my ears. CLUNK! I was back! I quickly pulled out my
earplugs, cause I wanted to remember that SONG OF
THE LORD echoing in and out thru the stars and planets, keeping the universe
in order. So powerful, but so intimate, so
warm, but so electrifying and it had no end or beginning…….it was
eternal music, just like God, the ALPHA AND OMEGA, beginning and the
end…the CREATOR….and JUST THINK………HE left it all and came to earth to die an
ugly death……. So that WE COULD BE THERE, in
eternity with HIM. What a prayer meeting I had
after that……..Lying in my old van, in the freezing cold , surrounded by cardboard,
God’s LOVE CAME and LIFTED ME
UP.
OH, WHAT AMAZING
LOVE!
YOU CAN TRUST HIM! Carol Hall “The Love of God is
greater far, than tongue or pen can ever tell….. It goes beyond the farthest
star, and reaches to the lowest Hell.” Carol
Hall, Nagoya Japan |
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