The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
MARK 1:1
MARK 1:1
I REFER TO THE SCRIPTURE ABOVE, the one in
Mark 1:1, because it was through that Scripture that my
new life began.
I took Mr. H.’s advice and went to Negril, got some weed and went out to the beach one night to do just what the Bible said: “Be still, and know that I am God.” Well, what I was doing that night was not the best and most accurate interpre- tation/application of the Bible; but it was, in my own heart, what I thought I was to do. This is what I thought God want- ed me to do. The only way I could be still was to get myself calmed down with some good Jamaican Ganja.
As I sat on the beach that night, the moon was out, the sky was clear, and the ocean was lapping its waves up on the shore, one after the other. In my heart, I was contemplating all of this beautiful creation in front of me. I started think- ing and asking myself about how it all came to pass. “How did all this beauty come about?” I wondered.
I took Mr. H.’s advice and went to Negril, got some weed and went out to the beach one night to do just what the Bible said: “Be still, and know that I am God.” Well, what I was doing that night was not the best and most accurate interpre- tation/application of the Bible; but it was, in my own heart, what I thought I was to do. This is what I thought God want- ed me to do. The only way I could be still was to get myself calmed down with some good Jamaican Ganja.
As I sat on the beach that night, the moon was out, the sky was clear, and the ocean was lapping its waves up on the shore, one after the other. In my heart, I was contemplating all of this beautiful creation in front of me. I started think- ing and asking myself about how it all came to pass. “How did all this beauty come about?” I wondered.
At that moment, God spoke to my heart and told me that
He was the one who created it. Not only did He speak to my
heart about what He had done, but I had two other distinct
impressions from Him: one, that He loved me; and two, that
I could know Him. Actually there was a third, also, and that
was that He wanted me to know Him. I remember being so
impacted by this moment that the next morning I told one of
my friends that he should come out with me that night, and
we’d go and talk to God on the beach. You see, God’s Word
is true; and He honored His Word in my life that night, even
though I was far from truly understanding it. Like the hymn
says, “I once was blind, but now I see.” Well, my eyes and
heart were being opened.
Coming Soon, Chapter 4 Part 2
Coming Soon, Chapter 4 Part 2
