Phil. 2:1, “Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy,”
In 1993 or 1994, I remember I became ill with a bad flu bug. I was living by myself and had just reconciled my walk with the Lord. I am the type of person that goes to work if I have one arm still. That is just the way I am. Probably get it from my parents. Anyways, I don’t think I had a bed and I was sicker than sick. I call into work for two days. Don’t recall going to the doctor. I think I ate soup and took NyQuil probably knowing me. Well, I remember laying on the floor and feeling so alone. I recall asking the Lord for fellowship and this is what I remember vividly in my mind. I was so ‘out of it’ laying on the floor, sweating, looking at the ceiling, feeling helpless. Then I perceive a male person standing above me at the end of my feet looking at me. In my mind, I perceive it was Him. With the awareness in mind of someone standing there, I did not feeling lonely. It meant so much to me. I told Him thank you for being here and expected this awareness to stop and go away, but it didn’t. It was still there the second day of me laying on the floor. This took me by surprise, but Jesus is like that. He goes the extra mile. He knew I needed it. I will never forget that time. It reminded me of when my mother would sit with me when I was sick. Since she died in the previous years, this comfort was unfamiliar territory. He is a good God. I owe Him so much, and He doesn’t need anything from me or expect it. He loves me unconditionally nonstop. This type of love compels me so much to want to serve Him more just because He is. I don’t care who thinks I’m crazy, or if this is a made up story, or whatever. I do care that someone will believe this and it bless them.
I am reminded of 2 Cor. 13:14 (NIV), “May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.”
and John 14:16, “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;”
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