Hello stryker, welcome to the conversation. You raise a fascinating point that to my knowledge has not yet been discussed.
Hey everyone, a new topic for discussion. Read stryker's #27, and share, if you will, any experiences you have had wherein you have had a vision of, or felt the presence of, God. Or an event you've experienced for which a miracle is the most plausible explanation.
I can think of one event myself that happened about five years ago. I was sitting in my office at work, when suddenly I was struck by the awareness of the Presence of God the Father. There was nothing visible or audible, just a powerful sense of His Being. It lasted for several minutes.
I am not a visual person at all; I'm far more "sound-oriented". There have been a number of times when my most heartfelt prayers have been answered by what I can only describe as an internal locution. Once involved a decision to take a year off of college. Another involved prayer for my son shortly after he was conceived. This was our first pregnancy, my wife was having difficulty and we were concerned about losing the baby. I prayed incessantly, and at one point suddenly had a realization that he was going to be okay. Shortly thereafter, my wife's problem went away. The final instance involved our decision as to whether or not to try for a second child. I prayed about it, and I felt God answering me, telling me that we should try that month. We conceived on the first attempt. We had a terribly difficult pregnancy, but my daughter was born healthy.
A third case involved a near-accident about 13 years ago. I was on a two-lane highway during a winter storm, the roads were snow and ice-covered. A car coming from the other direction lost control. I maneuvered to try to avoid him, but we were heading straight towards each other. There is no way we should have avoided a serious accident. But somehow our two cars both spun around in such a way that they just avoided colliding. I could never have done it that way if I had tried.
The best one I can remember was one night after a great party at our house with friends, this bad demon was after me and I was running for all I was worth, and just then my wife woke me up and asked me why I was screaming and running down the hall way on my hands and knees naked, I asked her didn't see see that demon that was after me and she said yes she had been watching it for years and would I please get back in bed before I woke up our friends.
It sure seemed real to me tho... :)
BigMack