The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handiwork. — Psalm 19:1
Not long ago, I was reading through messages that came into our ministry website and came across an interesting one. The person sent the message anonymously, but they responded directly to one of the devotionals I had written. I don’t remember the exact content of the devotional, but I will never forget what their reply said. They said, “God doesn’t exist.”
The email continued by explaining how my reasoning for the goodness and mercy of God was flawed. They tried to explain that everything in life was just a casual circumstance. There was the explanation that there was no “higher power” who was working on my behalf, watching over my life, and providing grace and mercy.
I wasn’t able to respond to the person by email since their message was anonymous. I am certain if I conducted a poll on how I should respond, I would get countless answers. Some may be harsh, others may be to ignore it. But I think if I had to reply to this person, I would simply say, “just look up.”
Each time I turn my eyes toward the sky, I see the glory of God before me. By day, I can see the sun, light, and occasionally the clouds which bring the rain to nourish the earth. By night, I see the moon and stars, each one carefully hung in place in a wonderful masterpiece that I love to gaze at.
As David says in this Psalm, the heavens declare the glory of God. The world wants us to believe that there is no God and that He does not care. It can be easy to get caught up in noise and distractions. But instead of being discouraged, the next time you find yourself hearing those things, just look up!
Jared Dyson
Another Well Ministries
I was a frequent infrequent user of cocaine for a couple of years I don't think I was ever chemically addicted but I was most definitely mentally addicted. My kids were complaining about ghosts in the night, I dismissed it as I thought they were probably hearing my dumb ass at 4am still awake.
Then I started getting haunted in my sleep after using. I could feel a presence over me, causing my heart to palpitate in my sleep. My kids were having nightmares almost every night and I believed them now. Shortly after this started one of my friends ODed and died. I didn't do any for a while, but the next time I did it was much worse it was like someone sitting on my chest squeezing my heart and I could see its face which was vaguely human but like a shadow in the dark with abyssal eyes. I prayed to Christ for the first time in over a decade to save me because I didn't want to die, I didn't want to leave my wife and kids. I was done I wasn't going to touch that shit again
My kids kept having nightmares over the next couple weeks, my daughter was especially traumatized by them. So I decided it's game on. My wife and kids were going to be at the in-laws for the night so I grabbed some. I made sure to sleep on my back that night, I don't it hurts my neck, and around 5am it happened again. In my dream, hallucination or whatever it was I waited until it was on me and I felt my heart struggling and I grabbed that demonic fuck by the throat and called out Jesus Christ and it did not like that. I told the thing to leave me and my family alone, and if it's presence comes back I'll kill it and used Christ's name to command it be gone.
I never touched that shit again. My kids never had another nightmare. I felt that things presence lingering around my house for a few weeks, shadows in the street lights like I'd seen when I was younger.
I had two near death experiences in the months after that. One I was attacked from behind with a crowbar and was mostly unscathed, they apparently got rehab in jail and are doing well so best wishes to them. The other was a drunk driver who hit me with my son in the vehicle from behind (~80mph in a 30 zone) and that actually fixed a slipped disc in my neck, and apparently that was a wake up call for him so I hope he does well in his future. I swear both were attempts by the devil to try and get me because he missed like a little bitch.
All I know is my faith in Jesus Christ will never waver, and I'll do whatever I can to keep fighting these demons.
...compelling testimony...
...hoid the line Patriot...