"Once Upon A Time" . . .

The following isn't meant to be the
"standard personal testimony" ...
but more to get people to think about
how capable God is able to speak
and Her ability to lead us to Herself.

There's a lot of crap here to read...
If you don't want to... then just tell me...

What Do You Think... about hearing God ??? Sorry PBR... ;>)

i've "heard God" as far back as i can remember...
My mother and father both told me that as a child
i was obsessed with God and music...
That i would pretend to be a priest ( i was raised catholic )
and went to church every day...
my mother recently said
i abused more priest's with my thought's and questions.
i would also "play guitar"
on anything that looked like a guitar...

As i grew up, i began hear God speak even clearer...
It seemed that my life's purpose would be to...
Pray, Worship God with music and my life
and to freely offer God's Love to All.

i would read the Bible, encyclopedias and the dictionary constantly...
Hungry to know "How Things Worked"...
Before anyone comments
that i'm trying to be a "know it all"...
Like many people...
i know a "little" about a lot of things...
But i do know this... "God Still Speaks" ...

So...

My father would scream at me that i would lose my mind,
and that religion would make me crazy...

He was right...
i did lose "my mind"...
but i gained a much "better One"...
And "religion" still drives me crazy...

i just couldn't get enough of that
"still, small voice"... inside me
that would comfort me and answer all my questions about life
on heaven and earth that no one else could answer.

As i grew up and began to experience life and death,
and the apparent harshness of it...
i quit "reading" the Bible...
but never quit "Hearing God"...
It was as if We were One...

It was during this time that i studied and sampled
many of the world religions and their effect on society...

i also played a lot of guitar...
Music had become my main obsession now...

In the early 80's i made a decision to follow Christ
and became consumed by the Bible again
and for years studied Romans and Galatians...

i was really beginning to understand
God's plan of Salvation and what Walking In The Spirit meant...

Also during this time after moving to California,
i was interested in Intimacy...
and the concept of Loving God and People
and how we demonstrate it...

So i started interviewing people in order to write a book
about spiritual and sensual intimacy...
As I began to put the book together,
i was saddened by people's ideas about God, Love and Sex
and just scrapped the book.
My family and i moved back to Illinois
and began a fruitless search to find "the church"...

All of a sudden...
The written word of God slammed shut....

It became dry and dusty and i was thirsty...

Crying For Water...
Offered New Wine...