Over the years, I've had several encounters with the Lord. I want to share them with you because I feel these visions apply to all of us. After you read about this, place the vision into your own life as though Jesus had personally given it to you. I feel that is why I received the visions in the first place, to share them with others.

Many years ago I decided to seek the truth about where we come from. It was right after I had a cerebellar stroke that I knew for sure Jesus was real. He showed up shortly after my trauma to let me know He was walking with me and was keeping me here to have a relationship with Him. I didn't know anything about His ways back then, but I was excited to know He was real and that He wanted me here.

As Jesus started teaching me, I received my first vision from Him. I saw His hands, and He tapped all that was around me. Instantly, I knew what He wanted me to do for others. The exact teaching was to learn to be selfless by doing for others.

Months went by, and I received another vision. This time, it was a beautiful, bright white book in the sky, open. On the left page was a single image of Jesus. On the right page was everything I believed in and considered real and true. He let me know immediately that where He was taking me, all of those beliefs couldn't come with me. In essence, I had to unlearn all the worldly ways/beliefs and relearn Christ's ways and terminology to understand what was being taught to me.

You should know that when my journey with Jesus started, I had just endured three traumatic injuries to my brain in less than a five-year period. I thought receiving visions and knowing what they meant was enough. I thought that's what it was all about — knowing the truth. Then the visions stopped. It took me a long time to connect the dots. However, I eventually realized He was waiting for me to obey the teachings from the visions.

Every supernatural encounter, for me, was about teaching me the correct way to live my life. I wasn't biblically aligned in any way back then. But once I started applying those visions/teachings, that's when everything changed. I realized so many truths during that time.

Applying these visions to your life might seem difficult. Don't let them discourage you. It's the start of an amazing journey with Jesus as He walks you back into the light with God. It isn't supposed to be easy; it's a personal growth journey. His ways challenge us and introduce us to our real self — the you who was originally created to walk in the light as a child of God.

There is nothing more profound than getting to know Jesus and the Trinity for yourself. You will learn about where you come from, who you belong to, how loved you are, and most of all, you will learn all about God and just how majestic He really is. So, go all in! Give them your undivided attention; work daily implementing the teachings of Christ. If you stumble, and you will, I did, get back up and start again.

Please know that if you have a traumatic past and feel it is hard to do things Jesus' way. Shift your reasoning and do it for God. That's what I had to do. Certain teachings were difficult because I had been hurt pretty badly by those closest to me. I didn't think I would ever be healed enough to be the person God was calling me to be. That's when I caved. I flat-out said I couldn't do it for me, but I would do it for God.

Over time, my hardened heart began to soften. So, get in the habit of asking the Lord for help in how to see the situation correctly from His perspective. You will learn so many beautiful truths about the reality of life and the why behind all that's happened to you.

 So, seek the answers to your life, ask the difficult questions, keep a journal, and write how you feel as you embark on this amazing journey. Trust me, you will want to look back one day and remember all the wonderful shifts in your perspective. Because how you view yourself, the world, and God in the present will be completely different in the future.