The Story

Hello,

   I wanted to share my story with you.  I didn't die....but I was taken to heaven in the form of a dream, and God showed me that my boyfriend who had just passed away, made it to heaven!!

  It was the most life changing experience of my life.  I experienced God's pure love....the kind of love I never even knew existed.  There were no regrets, no judgements...only unconditional pure love.

   I was only asleep for maybe 20-30 minutes, but it seemed as if I spent half the day with him.  My boyfriend's name was Arlie.  Arlie wasn't a believer, but 2 weeks before he died, he finally said "YES" to Jesus!!  He let me baptize him, and I led him in a prayer asking for God's forgiveness for all of our sins, and declaring that we forgive everyone for their sins.  I told him the whole story of Christ and what he did on the cross, and I spent the rest of the day reading to him different Bible verses and creeds.

   Back to the dream.....When I first fell asleep that morning (I had gone back to bed after waking up around 7am), it seemed like just a dream.   We were in a big house.  It looked a lot like my house - same paint color, but no pictures on the walls.  A few pieces of furniture.   I was standing next to Arlie in the "foyer" and the front door was open (there was a dog standing with us, but I don't know who's dog it was).  Arlie was wearing a red shirt and kakhi pants.  I had the sense that the red shirt was to symbolize the blood of Jesus, because he now fully knew what Jesus did for him. 

      Lots of people were coming in the front door.  I assumed Arlie was having a big dinner party.  He loved to entertain.  I didn't recognize anyone that was coming in, but they all looked young and healthy.    I became worried about what I was going to feed everyone, so I went to the kitchen and looked in the fridge for food.  As a side note, when Arlie was bedridden those last few weeks, he had become upset with me because people were there visiting him and he thought I needed to feed them all.  The morphine had made him a little cranky.  I was in no shape to try to feed all of the visitors (my boyfriend was dying and I was very distressed).  People had been bringing in food anyway, so it wasn't really necessary for me to cook.   But it bothered me that he had said that, and I felt like I wasn't doing enough.

....back to the dream.....  when I was trying to figure out what to feed everyone, it was as if they were telling me "It's okay, your job is done.  We're here to take care of you now."    There was a woman there who looked a little out of place.  She had a little weight on her....but she set a plate of food down in front of me on a table (I'm now wondering if they were trying to tell me what I should be eating to help with my health issues - I've recently started a carnivore diet to help with some serious health issues).  The food on the plate was beef and broccoli.  It looked perfect...no juices seeping out onto the plate.  The other thing is that I'm now wondering if it was maybe Arlie's ex-wife Wendy, that had put that plate down in front of me.  She was still alive at the time of the dream, but she passed away about 8 months after Arlie did.   

    I remember I was standing in a room with Arlie, and a woman (maybe Wendy) came in and said "I'll give you two a minute".  BTW, all communication seemed to be thought to thought...I sat on the floor with Arlie and he was sitting behind me, holding me.  He was stroking my hair with such love as if to say that I was beautiful.  I remember thinking "how can you think I'm beautiful?  I'm in my pajamas and I have bed head (messy hair)....but he didn't see any of that.  God's pure love was pouring out of him.  

   Then we were standing, and he was still holding me.  I was suddenly brought into full awareness, and I remembered him dying, and burying him.  I pulled back from him and said "How are you here?  You're supposed to be dead."  He got a big smile on his face (he hadn't spoken up to this point), and he said in a very loud and excited voice "I KNOW!!"  as if to say "This is so cool, I'm still here" (my words/interpretation).  He must have startled me because at that point I woke up.   As I was leaving, I saw him fly off as if he was going on some grand adventure.  He was sooooo happy!!! (words cannot describe).  It was almost a childlike happiness, but yet he was so complete.  That experience was more real than anything I've experienced here on this earth.  Everything was so clear.  This earth is dull and foggy compared to that realm.