A TOUCH IN EXPERIENCING GOD

November 15, 2009

by LeAnne

This is a testimony from a student at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. My wife Pariesa and myself (Jimmie) started a Bible study at the university in the fall of 2008 to continue spreading the word that transformed us. Since then others have not only increased their fire for the LORD, but many have been renewed in their faith as well. This is a beautiful testimony by a young lady that declares such! Bless you.

For as long as I can remember, I always felt like when it came to spirituality that there was something wrong with me. Not necessarily wrong with me, but more like missing. People always talked about God or the Spirit touching them or making them feel something. Even though during worship or prayer I would sometimes feel moved or weak, it was never anything that I could recognize. Over time I started to question God and his existence. I knew he existed, but I questioned his ability to actually listen to my prayers and offer me guidance. I wanted him to be there, because I needed something stable in my life, so I kept going to Bible studies, hoping that one day my mental mess would be cleared up. Scriptures were just scriptures; nothing really meant anything to me.

I was praying during worship one night, and a friend came to pray over me and my struggles. She put her hand on my back for a short time period, and then walked away. I sensed her walk away, but later caught myself wondering why she still had her hand on my back. I was in the midst of talking to God but I was still kind of conscious of my surroundings. As I was trying to hint to my friend that she could leave, I started to lean and shift in my seat. As I moved though, the hand didn’t leave. Eventually I opened my eyes and looked under my seat to see whose feet were there. There were no feet! That’s when I realized that the hand on my back was the Hand of God, and that he is big enough and powerful enough to hear and answer my smallest of prayers.

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