A-Z: My Jesus Welcomed Encounter

I was at Walmart, waiting in line to pick up medicine. Standing behind me was a middle-aged woman. I turned around and said, “How are you doing today?” She replied, “Fine.” We started talking and discovered we were neighbors, and that we both enjoyed walking. So, we set a time to meet the next day at the neighborhood park to walk the winding path of the walking trail. We met at the park and started walking and talking (It was a comfortable walk, slow and steady.)

She began to share some personal things about me. Something that only I would know. Things like the time I stayed with my mother’s mother, Grandma Jessie. My sisters and Grandma at the time we’re in the kitchen sitting around the table eating, but I was in the front room looking out the window crying, so hard, my nose started to bleed from becoming homesick, from missing my mother.

Then She reminded me of the time I was around thirteen years old standing in our back yard, with my hands on the fence, looking over the cliff, thinking to myself, if I yelled loud enough maybe my girlfriend that was playing at the bottom would hear me calling her name. Immediately I stopped walking and turned, looked her in the face, and said, “We have never met before. Who told you those things, and who are you?” With a luminescent glow, she gently touched my hand and replied, “Please don’t be frightened. “All is well.” Wenefer, don’t be afraid, I bring you Good News because I am HER. I came here to ask you one question, “Who do you say that I am?” She asked me the same question, Jesus asked his disciples in Matthew 16:15, “Speaking to his disciples, Jesus asked, “But who do you say that I am?”

At that moment, unexpectedly, I experienced tranquility, such peace, that passeth understanding, a confidence I had never felt before; as a result, I proceeded to tell HER. …

After reading my anecdotes, you’ve discovered, I’m just like you. I’ve had good days and long sleepless nights. In spite of everything, life is about “how-to” effectually handle and learn from the many encounters one experiences in life.

However, I caution you, embracing your truth, may bring about a significant shift in your life. You may discover it’s time to change where you attend church or assembly or take a break from attending. Maybe you become truthful about the relationship you’re in, begin to value who you are, and then happily turn the other cheek to see what’s going on in that direction, or possibly enjoy time with yourself. Who knows? You may awake the sleeper in yourself. Did you know that new thoughts create new ideas, which lead to new opportunities, new courage, a new you, a new dance!