MY NEW YEAR’S EXPERIENCE – 6

Three Days Later

Recovery was swift. By the evening of New Year’s Day I was eating solid foods with no pain or discomfort. Weakness remained for 3 days. I slept a great deal, and whenever I had to leave the house, when I returned I was exhausted and had to rest.

What I describe above pertains to the physical aspect of my life. But there was something else that was happening. This pertains to my other life – my real life – my spirit life.

Just here I may lose some of my readers; I pray that I will not. For now I will talk about the most important aspect of my life, which is my spirit life – in other words, my spiritual life.

Some have said that we are spirit beings having a physical experience. In one sense, this is true. However, I mostly agree with the writer who said that our true self, who we really are, is a soul. This is the true person, the real ‘man’ … We are a soul, clothed in a spirit body and housed temporarily in a physical body.

Because I am a soul clothed in a spirit body and housed temporarily in this human body called Joseph, I am sensitive to influences coming to me from other spirits – beings or entities in other realms, from the spirit world. I am not unique or special. We all are sensitive to these outside influences.

Not New Year’s Day, but on Monday the day following, I ‘heard’ a voice … Not a voice as I hear when my wife speaks, or my son or daughter talks, but a voice nonetheless. The voice was soft and very quiet. And if I was only tuned to the noise around me, I would not have heard this other voice. If I was listening only to the chattering in my own mind that goes on constantly, I would not have heard the quiet voice.

What did I hear? What did the voice say? What were the words? The voice spoke a simple message and it was very brief. It was something Spirit wanted me to hear. The voice within said simply: “You are God’s beloved child.”

When I heard these words my heart melted with gratitude and thanksgiving. I did not hear something new, something no one else on earth knows or has not heard in many other ways before. I had heard it before; as my readers more than likely have also. But gratitude filled my soul when I heard the voice within speak this message.

And to hear the message again in the context of recovering from a night of pain and hell, the words were welcome into my soul with open arms.

Yes, I am a beloved child of God – as we all are.
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To be continued …