Scribing Chronicles of my Personal Encounters with JESUS for 90 Years:
Dear People of God,
~ Part Three ~ “Antitheses” of Jesus Christ. I am now directed to share, chronologically, the remembrances and experiences of my personal encounters with Jesus throughout my ninety years, beginning in childhood.
(Let's Observe the Sternness and Exactness of The Lord's Directives...in this New Era before us.)
✓ Just as I was adding this statement in parentheses, the Lord interjected His words sternly: “YES… TELL THEM TO OBSERVE THIS!” So, I am obeying Him exactly.
✓ Since recently sharing Part One of “Antitheses of Jesus Christ,” I have been led by the Holy Spirit to reflect, remember, and write chronologically, beginning with my early childhood experiences, where I first came to know Him and His loving, dependable, personal presence.
✓ Presently, at ninety years old, my heart and mind take me far back to my early childhood experiences, when I received supernatural knowledge that others did not know. I heard and sometimes saw things, even dangerous things, which I could tell my parents about before they manifested.
✓ Jesus visited me many times, and sometimes He took me to places and locations that I later came to understand were preparation for my future ministry work, including more than thirty years of international missionary travel. Now, at age ninety, He has informed me that He is stretching me and that the impact of my assignments will be pan-global, functioning with universal and cosmic reach.
✓ For your recall, I recently sent out many copies of “Antitheses of Jesus Christ,” as commanded, by text. I am now focusing on more encounters with Jesus, continuing to record them chronologically and explicitly as He has directed.
✓ 1. My first visual and distinctive encounter occurred when I was about five years old, walking several miles along a long, dusty road to Rocky Land Elementary School. I was tired and frustrated as other students walked ahead of me, and I remember being deeply concerned about my uncle, who was sick, suffering, and quarantined because of contagious tuberculosis.
✓ I remember feeling His comforting presence. Then suddenly, I saw His very large, rustic-looking hand of color extended just above my reach. I was truly amazed but unafraid, and I felt strengthened and comforted beyond my imagination.
✓ Then He began to speak to me, saying: “IN YOUR OLDER YEARS, I WILL USE YOU FOR MY PURPOSES. I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU TO DO!”
✓ Completely awestruck, I responded with a question: “How are You going to do that? I do not know anything about the Bible, and besides that, we do not even have a Bible in my house.” I said this as if He did not already know those details.
✓ Then, He spoke comfortingly, and with His Promise, saying:
“DON’T WORRY ABOUT THAT. I WILL TEACH YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW!” He assured me. I did not dare share the truth of that encounter with anyone because I thought they surely would not believe me, and I did not want to be called a liar. Therefore, like Mary, the mother of Jesus, I pondered this conversational promise in my heart, holding onto the truth I heard and believing it by faith. Over time, I learned that trust and obedience go hand in hand: His huge hand extended down to me, and my little hand, functioning obediently, would serve to change conditions and impact the world globally.
✓ Time passed, and I grew to be about six or seven years old. A church revival service was being held, with seating for the unsaved on the first row. I took my seat there while the saints prayed over everyone seated, including me. Suddenly, I felt a warm presence and proclaimed Jesus as my Lord and Savior before the congregation. Soon thereafter, I was baptized in the muddy country waters of Swift Creek. As I was immersed beneath the cold water, I suddenly felt the water turn very warm as it flowed over me. I came up out of the water with high praise, which shocked the adults and even myself. I felt indescribably brand new.
✓ Then, at about ten years old, I returned to the same Pentecostal church where the Pastor was preaching. He was not well educated and could barely read books other than the Bible, yet the Holy Spirit manifested mightily through him.
✓ On this Sunday, he was ministering under a powerful, special anointing. The pastor was teaching and preaching while standing behind the podium, and during that time I saw Jesus standing behind him for what seemed like a long time.
✓ I became absolutely overwhelmed, to the point that I could not remain quiet.
✓ I was then asked to come down front and share with the congregation what was happening. I went without fear and shared the vision of Jesus Himself in the building, standing behind the pastor during the message.
✓ This testimony resulted in a corporate celebration of high praise and dancing, which I delighted to join. For your information and my remembrance, the name of the church was The Saints Delight Church, a Holiness church.
✓ Interestingly, during my reflections, I observed that both the pastor, who was born Native American and was a man of color, and Jesus shared a common likeness: both were men of color and had unusually elongated facial structures.
✓ Remembering forward, at about twelve years of age, I had grown in my faith and in my deep desire to be used by God before my old age, as He had promised on the long, dusty road.
✓ So I asked for and was given permission to go with my minister uncle and other adults to a nursing home after church services.
✓ Along the way, the Lord began to speak to me and revealed that there would be a very sick and suffering person at the nursing facility, and that He would use me there upon arrival. I withheld this information in confidence because it was revelation knowledge shared between me and the Lord. When we arrived, and while the adults were signing in at the desk, I followed the leading of the Lord down the hall alone until I arrived at the bed of a suffering woman who was strapped down. I did not wait for anyone else to arrive.
✓ I simply began to touch her lightly and utter what I heard and understood by faith. By God’s grace, she was instantly healed. The officials came quickly to the room, accompanied by my uncle and others. Upon their arrival, they discovered that the woman had been healed from her shaking condition and no longer needed restraints.
✓ This became my first miraculous healing encounter. This was also a great teaching moment and a sign of things to come in my older years, just as the Lord had promised.
~ Older Years of Divine Encounters and Experiences Recalled Presently:
Jesus visited me, and I was lifted upward to join Him.