THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED WHEN WE LIVED IN ARIZONA SOME YEARS BACK AND IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE SUCH A SIGHT AS THIS..WELL I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED....
WE HAD MOVED TO AZ. FROM NEVADA AND MOVED IN WITH MY AUNT AND HER DAUGHTERS UNTIL WE GOT OUR OWN PLACE LATER...WELL ME AND MY AUNT WERE ALWAYS UP STUDING AT NIGHT THE BIBLE...SHE WAS MY LITTLE STUDY BUDDY...SMILE...WELL SHE HAD TOLD ME A FEW TIMES THAT SHE HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE JESUS RAISE THE DEAD SHE HAD ALWAYS HEARD STORYS ABOUT HIM DOING THAT BUT NEVER SEEN IT FOR HER SELF..I HAD TOLD HER ABOUT MY LITTLE ANGEL FISH THAT HE HAD RAISED FROM THE DEAD AND SHE THOUGHT THAT WAS SO NEAT AND SHE JUST WANTED TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HERSELF... THIS JUST SEEMED TO BE SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO HER..SO WHEN SHE MADE THAT STATEMENT TO ME AGAIN I TOLD HER: WELL IF ITS THAT IMPORTANT TO YOU JUST ASK JESUS ABOUT IF ITS THAT IMPORTANT HE WILL DO IT AND WE LEFT IT AT THAT...WELL I THINK IT WAS LIKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER ME AND HER WERE GOING TO THE STORE TO GO GROCERY SHOPPING AND ON OUR WAY TO THE STORE SOMETHING JUST AWFUL HAPPENED THAT WE WATCHED WITH OUR OWN EYES...THAT JUST LIKED TO HAVE KILLED ME WATCHING THAT SCENE..WELL WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THIS VERY BUSY MAIN STREET ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF IT AND ON OUR LEFT SIDE THERE WAS THIS BIG WHITE HUSKY TYPE DOG WALKING DOWN THE SIDE WALK OF THAT BUSY ROAD AND I NEVER THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT..BUT WHEN I LOOKED ON DOWN THE ROAD THERE WAS THIS LITTLE TINY DOG IT LOOKED JUST LIKE TOTO ON THE WIZARD OF OZ WELL IT WAS COMING TOWARDS THAT BIG HUSKY AND FOR SOME REASON I JUST KNEW THAT BIG HUSKEY WAS GOING TO CHASE IT RIGHT INTO THE ROAD..AND I NO SOONER THOUGHT THAT THEN THAT IS JUST WHAT HAPPENED..IT ALL HAPPENED SO FAST AND YET IT WAS LIKE I WAS WATCHING IT ALL IN SLOW MOTION....OH MY GOSH THAT JUST KILLED ME WATCHING THAT AWFUL SCENE UNFOLD RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES...THAT LITTLE TINY DOG RUSHED RIGHT OUT INTO THE TRAFFIC WHEN THAT BIG HUSKEY RAN AT IT..AND A TRUCK HIT THE LITTLE THINGS AND RAN IT OVER..I PUT MY HAND TO MY MOUTH WHEN THAT HAPPENED I HATED SEEING THAT..AND IF THAT WERE NOT BAD ENOUGH EVERY TRUCK AND CAR ON THAT SIDE OF THE ROAD JUST KEPT RUNNING IT OVER..OH IT HURT ME TO SEE THAT I TOLD MY AUNT TO PULL OVER..WE CAN'T LEAVE IT OUT THERE LIKE THAT EVERYONE IS RUNNING IT OVER..SEEMED NO BODY CARED SINCE IT WAS DEAD ANYWAY...SO WE PULLED OVER..AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW I AM I JUST CAN'T STAND SEEING THINGS LIKE THAT..I COULDN'T EVEN GO OUT THERE AND PICK IT UP FROM OFF THE ROAD..I TOLD MY AUNT TO GO GET IT SO WE WERE STOPPING TRAFFIC SO WE COULD GET THE MASHED DOG FROM OFF THE ROAD...SO SHE GOT OUT THERE AND PICKED IT UP AND BROUGHT IT BACK OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE WE PULLED OVER AT AND SHE LAYED IT DOWN IN THE SOFT GREEN GRASS...AND I TOLD HER WE COULD CALL THE ANIMAL SHELTER TO COME AND GET IT.. BUT THEN I NOTICED SOMETHING...I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT..I SAW ITS SIDE MOVE AND I GOT DOWN AND LOOKED CLOSER AND TINY LITTLE BREATHS WERE COMING OUT OF IT..ITS EYES WERE ALREADY FIXED LOOKING..ALL GLAZED OVER..BLOOD WAS COMING OUT OF IT MOUTH BECAUSE IT LITTLE ORGANS WERE ALL MASHED FROM BEING RUN OVER SO MANY TIMES..ALL FOUR OF IT LITTLE LEGS WERE BROKEN..ITS HIPS WERE BROKEN..ITS BACK WAS BROKEN..AND ITS LITTLE NECK WAS BROKEN...AND I THOUGH HOW IN THE WORLD COULD IT STILL HAVE ANY BREATH COMING OUT OF IT...WHEN I SAW THAT I STARTED SAYING:OH MY GOD...KATIE ITS STILL BREATHING!!! I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT..AND THAT REALLY HURT ME TO THINK IT WAS STILL ALIVE...AND ALL I COULD THINK WAS IT MUST BE IN GREAT PAIN..BUT IT MADE NO NOISE...JUST THE TINEST LITTLE BREATH MOVEMENTS WAS ALL I COULD SEE..WELL I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE SHOULD DO..SHOULD WE GO CALL THE ANIMAL SHELTER TO COME AND GET IT...BUT THEN I JUST COULDN'T LEAVE IT LIKE THAT..BECAUSE I THOUGHT..LORD NOTHING DESERVES TO DIE ALONE...SO I DROPPED ON MY KNEES AT THE SIDE OF THAT ROAD AND JUST STARTED BEGGING JESUS TO HAVE MERCY...IT HURT ME TO THINK THIS LITTLE THING COULD BE IN PAIN AND THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO TO HELP IT...I FELT POWELESS..MY HEART HURT.. SO I KEPT BEGGING JESUS TO HAVE MERCY..I WASN'T BEGGING FOR JESUS TO SPARE THE LITTLE THING BUT TO HAVE MECY UPON IT AND TAKE IT QUICKLY TO GET IT OUT OF ITS PAIN IF IT WAS IN ANY...SO THERE I WAS SETTING ON MY KNEES BESIDE THE ROAD BEGGING JESUS FOR MERCY FOR THIS LITTLE CREATURE THAT HE MADE...WELL LET ME TELL YOU JESUS HIMSELF HAD OTHER PLAINS...SMILE... BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN I SHOT TO MY FEET AND A COMMAND WAS COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH LIKE ROLLING THUNDER!!! AND THE COMMAND THAT WAS COMING FORTH FROM ME WAS COMMANDING THE DOG TO RISE AND WALK!! IT COULD BE NO OTHER BUT JESUS..FOR THAT IS HIS STYLE..SMILE... AND THE MOST AMAZING THINGS TRANSPIRED THAT AFTERNOON ON THE SIDE OF THAT BUSY ROAD...BOY THE TRAFFIC ON OUR SIDE WAS WATCHING FOR THEY WERE STOPPED WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO CHANGE TO GREEN AGAIN...AND MANY THAT DAY GOT AN EYE FULL RIGHT THERE BESIDE THAT ROAD...THEY SAW THE KING OF GLORY DOING WHAT HE DOES BEST..GIVING LIFE TO ONE OF THE CREATURES THAT HE MADE...SMILE...WELL THERE HE WAS FROM OUT OF MY MOUTH ORDERS WERE COMING FORTH FOR THAT LITTLE DOG TO RISE AND WALK...AND THEN THE MOST AMAZING THINGS STARTED TO HAPPEN...FIRST THERE WAS THIS SNAPPING AND POPPING SOUND THE LITTLE DOGS BROKEN NECK WAS HEALED AND ITS LITTLE HEAD SHOT UP..AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A LOOK ON AN ANIMALS FACE BEFORE LIKE I SAW ON THAT LITTLE DOGS FACE..FOR HIS LIPS FORMED THE MOST PERFECT LITTLE CIRCLE LIKE HE HAD CHERRIO LIPS..LIKE ONE OF COMPLETE SUPRISE FOR HIS EYES WERE SO HUGH LOOKING AT ME AS THOSE WORDS KEPT COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH..AND THEN AGAIN POPPING AND SNAPPING SOUNDS AND NOW HIS FRONT LEGS THAT WERE BROKEN WERE NOW WHOLE AGAIN..THEY SHOT OUT IN FRONT OF HIM...AND HE STARTED TRYING TO RUN ON THEM.. BUT HIS BACK AND HIPS AND BACK LEGS WERE NOT YET MENDED AND THEY JUST FLOPPED BACK AND FORTH AS HE TRYED TO RUN ON HIS LITTLE FRONT LEGS ONLY..AND THEN I STARTED SAYING:ALL THE WAY LORD..HEAL HIM ALL THE WAY...AND AGAIN MORE POPPING AND SNAPPING SOUNDS HIS BROKEN BACK SNAPPED AND WAS HEALED...HIS BROKEN HIPS SNAPPED AND POPPED AND WERE HEALED....AND THE ONLY THING LEFT WAS HIS TWO LITTLE BACK BROKEN LEGS..AND THIS WAS JUST SOMETHING...BECAUSE SOME UNSEEN FORCE PICKED THAT LITTLE DOGS HIND END UP AND ITS BACK FEET WERE NOT EVEN TOUCHING THE GROUND ITS LITTLE BROKEN BACK LEGS ALL TWISTED AND BROKEN WERE JUST DANGLING UNDER IT AND THEY STARTED POPPING AND CRACKING AND THEN SHOT STREIGHT OUT UNDER IT AND THEN IT WAS SET BACK DOWN UPON ITS LEGS!!! AND LIKE A SHOT HE TOOK OFF RUNNING..I HAVE NEVER SEEN A LITTLE DOG RUN SO FAST AS THAT LITTLE DOG DID..MY AUNT AND I TRYED TO CATCH IT BUT IT WAS WAY TO FAST FOR US..IT HAD A COLLER ON IT SO WE THOUGHT IT MAY HAVE ITS OWNERS NAME ON IT AND WE WERE GOING TO TAKE IT BACK HOME IF IT DID AND TELL ITS OWNERS THAT THEY HAD ONE LUCKY LITTLE DOG FOR JESUS SAVED THEIR DOG FOR THEM AND THEY SHOULD KEEP IT UP AND AWAY FROM ALL THAT TRAFFIC..BUT WE JUST COULDN'T CATCH IT FOR IT WAS SO FAST..WE CHASED IT FOR BLOCKS..BUT WITH NO LUCK...MY GOSH PRAYED FOR A LITTLE DOG TO RISE AND WALK AND THAT LITTLE THING ROSE AND RAN!!!...BIG SMILE...WELL AFTER WE COULDN'T CATCH IT I ASK JESUS TO PLEASE WATCH OVER IT AND KEEP IT OUT AWAY FROM THAT BUSY STREET..AND AFTER WE WENT BACK TO THE TRUCK TO GO ON TO THE STORE TO DO OUR GROCERY SHOPPING JESUS REMINDED ME OF WHAT I HAD TOLD MY AUNT KATIE...AND WHAT SHE HAD ASKED FOR.. SO I TOLD HER:WELL KATIE...NOW YOU HAVE SEEN THE DEAD RISE..AND SHE WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT IT...SHE TALKED AND TALKED ABOUT IT..THAT SURE WAS SOME REALLY COOL THING TO SEE ALRIGHT...JESUS HAS DONE SO MANY MIRACLES IN MY MANY YEARS OF WALKING WITH HIM..OVER AND OVER HE SHOWS JUST HOW TERRIFFIC HE IS...AND JUST HOW REAL OF A GOD HE IS THAT WE DO SERVE..YOU SEE THIS IS THE JESUS THAT I AM USE TO THE REAL BREATHING INTERACTING LIVING GOD THAT IS A PART OF MY LIFE...HES MY VERY BEST FRIEND...AND I AM SO GLAD THAT HE CAME TO THIS EARTH TO SAVE A ONCE SINNER LIKE ME..I OWE HIM EVERYTHING... BECAUSE HE GAVE TO ME HIS WONDERFUL LIFE GIVING LIFE AND THE HONOR OF KNOWING HIM IN HIS GREAT LOVE THAT HE HAS FOR ALL THINGS EVEN LITTLE DOGGIES AND A MERCY THAT EXIST WITHOUT MEASURE..AND FORGIVENESS THAT HAS NO END..THERE EXIST NO OTHER LIKE HIM IN ALL THIS VAST UNIVERSE EXCEPT HIS DADDY...THEY TRULY ARE TWO OF A KIND...AND I LOVE THEM WITH EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE, AND FOR ALL MY DAYS ON THIS EARTH WILL I ALWAYS AND FOREVER SERVE THEM...FOR THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN'T ASK OF ME THAT I WON'T DO FOR THEM... THEY EXIST AS THE LOVES OF MY LIFE....OUR GOD IS VERY REAL AND ONE DAY THIS WHOLE WORLD WILL SEE THAT VERY FACT WHEN OUR KING COMES BACK TO LAY CLAIM TO HIS KINGDOM FILLED WITH MANY NATIONS..THE COAT OF MANY COLORS.. FOR HE IS COMING BACK TO CLAIM WHAT IS RIGHTFULY HIS..AND NOTHING ON THIS EARTH WILL BE ABLE TO STOP HIM FROM LAYING HOLD OF WHAT IS RIGHTFULY HIS...A KINGDOM WITH A PEOPLE WHO HE DIED FOR..AND A PEOPLE WHO DIED TO THE LIFE OF THEIR WAYS THAT THEY MAY COME ALIVE TO THE WAYS OF HIS LIFE IN THEM ...FOR ALL TEARS WILL BE WIPED AWAY AT THE GREAT KINGS COMING....THAT IS THE DAY THAT MY SIGHTS ARE SET ON...WHEN HE COMES BACK HERE TO LAY CLAIM TO WHAT IS RIGHTFULY HIS AND I AM ONE OF THEM...BIG SMILE...SO I DO AS HE SAYS TO DO.. TARRY TILL I COME FOR YOU....AND I WILL DO AS HE DID... I WILL BE ABOUT OUR FATHERS BUSINESS..FOR HE LEFT THAT TASK IN OUR HANDS WHEN HE WENT AWAY INTO HIS VERY FAR COUNTRY...WITH THE PROMISE THAT HE WILL COME AGAIN..AND HIS WORD IS MORE THAN GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME LIKE A SIGNED CONTRACT...HES COMING BACK JUST WAITE AND SEE...SMILE... LOTS OF LOVE FROM TERRI AND THE ONE I SERVE..J-E-S-U-S.... |