In just a couple of days I read most of that New Testament more than once. I understood some of what I read. But a lot of it went right over my head. When I didn’t understand something I would skip it and continue reading until I found something that made sense.

But then I read these words of Jesus…

          Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.

That stopped me in my tracks. I tossed the book across the living room onto the couch in total frustration. How could I love someone with everything I had, when I didn’t even know who they were? I prayed, “If someone I never met called me on the phone and asked me to marry them, I’d hang up the phone. How can I love you with everything I have? That would be like loving the wind. I need to know you.”

I got the chills down my spine. I know it sounds strange. I thought it was, too. First I wondered if it was just my emotions, or psychological, or maybe the drugs. But despite my doubts, I said, “If that was you, God, do it again.” He did. Several more times. Until it brought tears to my eyes.

I don’t know why He chose to reveal Himself to me like that, but He did. And of course, I had doubts soon afterward, and wondered if it really happened to me, or if it was all in my head. But that was just the beginning of His revealing Himself. There were other things He did that were virtually undeniable.

If you think God is like the wind, ask Him to reveal Himself to you. I promise you He will. It probably won’t be in the same ways He revealed himself to me, but it will be just as convincing and meaningful for you.