A couple of nights ago, I had a strange experience. It was late at night and I was asleep. Now, first to tell you where my bed is. The door to my bedroom sits across the hall from the bathroom. But, not directly across, it is offset and perhaps 10 inches of the doors are across from each other. When the girls take their bath, I can sit at the end of my bed and watch the tv in my room, and keep an eye on them playing in the tub. On the far end of the bathroom sits the tub, and high above it is a long, narrow window.
That night, I was asleep and the next thing I knew I was awakened by a sound, maybe like "whoosh", as I felt a power come into the room and come over me. The next thing I know I was in the air and I can't describe the speed, it was so spectacular. As I was leaving the bed, though, a confusion flashed through my mind, as to who was it. As I "flew" above the bathroom I could see up and beyond, but the image of the girls in their beds flashed through my mind (or did I see them, as they were on the other side of the wall and asleep there in their beds), and I resisted, I couldn't leave them. The next thing I knew, I was in bed, awake, and all was quiet. I know it wasn't physical, it was spiritual.
Tonight, I turned on the tv and was just in time to watch the End of the Age show. I was busy with Facebook and half listening, until I heard Rev Baxter talk about people knowing their God and carrying out great exploits. I have been waiting for God to use us in the end times and I can see how He can use a lot of people. They are scholarly, pious, humble, of good character, and diligent in their walk with the Lord. What can the Lord do with me, though? Here is Rev. Baxter talking about exploits, so I jumped onto Biblegateway.com and clicked. The search for keywords link came up with the word "exploit" already in the box for the key word. It is totally possible that I looked it up before, but I have absolutely no recollection of it.
Here is the passage in Daniel 11:
“So he shall return and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant. 31 And forces shall be mustered by him, and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress; then they shall take away the daily sacrifices, and place there the abomination of desolation. 32 Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits. 33 And those of the people who understand shall instruct many; yet for many days they shall fall by sword and flame, by captivity and plundering. 34 Now when they fall, they shall be aided with a little help; but many shall join with them by intrigue. 35 And some of those of understanding shall fall, to refine them, purify them, and make them white, until the time of the end; because it is still for the appointed time."
Well, I still don't know anything, except that God is in control and we wait on Him.
This is a sort of a biography and a bit of an autobiography. The main point of the book is to lead you, through the eyes of the mother (me) and Sarah, up unto the end. Sarah was an extraordinary girl, who survived in spite of the odds against her.
