The Encounter
By John Dyck
Here's how it is. I was just walking down the street. When I found something interesting. It was the size of a quarter, spherical, really light, and a strange shade of white; none that the world had seen. It was to pure. So I put it in my pocket and continued to walk. But there was this feeling tugging on my heart. Curiosity, surely it is but there is something else to this feeling. I started to feel like I was starting to stretch. Next I feel a smack on the back of my head. Did some one strike my head with a blunt object? My vision went dark. Dark. Why am I still conscious. "HELLO" I yelled. My shout sounded to faded so I yelled with all I had. Still it sounded muted. I started to walk but I was not walking on the ground. What's going on I'm blind and i can't feel the ground! Why is this happening! I soon realized I felt so good. So alive! Full of energy. I remembered the little orb in my pocket. I reached in and brought it out. All of a sudden I could see again. But not in the way you would think. I saw Floating in the air rocks getting smashed together. I feared what was going on. The sight of it was enough to make any man cower in fear. Then a shift happened. The sun appeared like some one was molding it with his own hands. It was so beautiful. But then I got distracted by what was going on with the floating rocks. All around it stars popped up around it I looked all around me I saw the planets form right before my very eyes. As I looked back to the closest rock, which now I knew it was earth. I saw lush green form all around it. At the poles snow and ice formed. The world I knew looked different. Oh so different. So new to full of life. So beautiful. I then floated down To the surface. I saw a mighty hand reach down into the clay and he formed man out of its hands. The plants where so colourful and radiant. The animals so clean, pure and nothing like what we see today. Then a powerful voice spoke to the man, "you may eat of any tree of the garden," the the powerful voice got very serious and stern. "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat! For in the day that you eat of it you shall surly die." As he ended his voice had a sad tone to it. I watched as the man fell into a deep sleep. The hand showed up again. But the hand went inside the man and took out a single rib bone, and the sound of a deep breath inhaling then exhaling woman was formed. The man awoke to see the most beautiful thing standing in front of him for in this moment he was truly happy. I though to myself what's going on? Is this not the story of Adam and Eve? Doubts flooded in my mind as I saw a great serpent. It looked similar but different then the snakes of my world. This one it stood on 4 feet. It was mighty powerful like it could devour anything in it's path. The serpents facial features shifted frequently. It put chills down my spine. For a couple seconds it looked directly at me. Fear, doubt, pride, arrogance, and a whole range of negative emotions rushed through my body as its cold eyes looked at me. Then turned to Eve and spoke. "Did God really say,' you shall not eat of any tree in the garden.'?" but Eve said, " we may eat if any tree of the garden, but not of the tree in the middle of the garden. For God said we surly would die." then the serpent laughed in reply, " you surly won't die for God knows that when you eat of the fruit, you will be like God knowing good and evil." she then turned and walked toward the tree. She then reached up. But stopped half way for Adam called for her. "what are you doing Eve! For God told me not to eat of the tree or we surly will die." Eve replied with what the serpent told her. She then reached and grabbed an apple. She then looked at the apple for it was tempted her since she now touched it. Eve lifted the apple to her lips and she ate. At this moment I wanted to intervene. Why cant I move. I tried hard to get to them. To stop them. But that's when I felt some ones hand on my shoulder. A soft voice whispered in my ear. "My son surly you would not make a difference. Please watch what happens and learn from their mistakes." I turned with tears in my eyes to look at the man who stood there with arms wide open. As I looked upon the man I feared him and I fell to my knees and looked away. "Son get up don't fear I come to show you the truth." he kneeled down to me as a servant rushing to his master. He picked me up and I fell into his sweet embrace. As I looked back to garden. It was gone the world went dull and desolate. Storm clouds formed. "sin now has entered the world." the man explained. "who are you? Is this a dream? Can you explain?" the man stood there smiling. I have many names. People know me as Jesus." I looked upon him with open eyes to see him revile his hands and feet for they had holes in them. Before he could aw see the other questions. I asked, "How did that happen?" he then turned away and pointed to a gruesome scene of a man hanging on a cross, bloody and dis-configured. I had to look away but being in Jesus's presence gave me the strength to watch what happened before my eyes. The man cried out loud,"father forgive them for they not know what they do." then moments late he spoke his final words " Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." and he breathed his last breath. I finally realized who that was on the cross. "Was that you Jesus? Why did you die?" I said as I was confused. He looked at me with intense eyes. "you saw my final day on this earth. For I died for you . I died for your sins so that you could live your life free from death. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son and who ever believes in me shall not parish but have eternal life. You see? I love you so much that Is why I died on that cross." then he gave me on final embrace. I woke up in a sweat. I was in a hospital. I thought to my self what happened why am I here? I then opened my hand and saw the white orb sink into my hand. A nurse came in and asked if I was feeling okay. I told her I was but I followed by asking what happened. She told me that I got hit by a car and that the driver fell asleep at the wheel. The nurse left and my mother and father walked into the room. Surprised they managed to find me since I ran away 6 months ago. But with a smile and open loving arms they embraced me. Why the change? My abusive parents here? Loving me? I was really confused. Did they find out who Jesus was? Then I realized what i had experienced could change even the hardest hearts. So I shared what I experienced. Through the visit of Jesus my life as a apostle stared.
