When You Can Walk on Water, Take the Boat - Webs

past that you'd like to see again, if you could. Close your eyes
and hold that thought in your mind for a few seconds.”
I thought of an incident in college many years ago. A
well-known speaker was giving a lecture in the auditorium.
Since I had enough time before the lecture started, I decided
to get a cup of coffee in the cafeteria. I was enjoying my coffee
at a table in the corner when a man walked up to me and
asked, “May I join you?”
I replied, “Of course,” as he sat down. Our conversation
had lasted for about an hour. I wished I could go
back to that scene for just a short while.
Gideon said, “Let’s go and see your college incident
again.”
He had hardly spoken the words when I was overcome
by an enormous swirling sensation. <strong>When</strong> it stopped, I looked
around. Imagine my surprise to find myself and Gideon
standing in the college cafeteria of long ago. Other students
were standing around and I began to worry about how I would
explain our presence when Gideon said, “Don’t worry. They
can’t see or hear us. <strong>You</strong>’re visiting another time. They'll only
be able to see us if we want them to. It’s better this way at
first.”
He led me to a small table across from where we were
standing. Two people were drinking coffee. Somehow, they
seemed familiar.
“Don’t you know who those people are, John?” asked
Gideon.
I looked a bit closer and was amazed to realize that
the younger man was me—not me as I am today, but the me I
was many years ago in college. There I sat as a college student—
much younger and thinner, without the gray in my
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