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

for something to drink. None of us wanted anything, so I sat
anxiously waiting for someone to start the conversation. My
entire being was focused on getting some financial help for my
company.
Gideon spoke up. “John, you don’t seem to understand.
This isn’t a joke. <strong>You</strong>’re in the presence of God. I mean, The
God with a capital ‘G’.” I started feeling queasy. It was impossible
for anyone to be speaking face-to-face with God. That
only happened in movies and books, but not in real life. Reason
dictated that this was all nonsense. Yet, there was a part
of me that said it was all right for me to believe, at least for
the time being, that there was more to this than met the eye.
My curiosity prevailed and I decided to accept all this for a
while to see where it would take me.
God spoke this time. The voice was neither too high
nor too low and resounded with a vibrant life force. “John,” He
said, “Even now, you still don’t believe that I am who they say
I am, right?”
“Well, some things are very hard to believe,” I replied.
“I understand. However, make yourself comfortable
because we’ll be here for a little while. Excuse me. I’ll be back
in a few seconds.” With that he got up and left the room.
At that moment the words from Alice in Wonderland
came to mind — “I'm mad. <strong>You</strong>'re mad. We're all mad here.”
Perhaps, I was just dreaming.
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