Revelations

It started off as a psalm to my daughter. However, Psalm 38, it turned out, was really for me. That night as I slept, I found myself in the realm between sleeping and waking. The realm where one is aware and can control one’s spirit (i.e. out of body experience). I will my spirit to move to test if I was truly in that realm. Once I was sure, I decide as I always do, to stop playing with my spirit before I scared myself to much.

Suddenly, I felt a great evil spirit around me. Then I felt that evil spirit suffocating me. It took the form of the silhouette of someone very dear to me. However, I was not deceived and the façade soon shattered. I tried to escape its grip with my own ability, but I could not. Finally, as I realized my efforts were in vain, I began praying to the Lord, thanking him for his revelations, and asking him to forgive any trespasses I may have been guilty of.

As I prayed, the darkness of the evil spirit began to fade and I began to regain my breath. I then slipped into a long dream. I was in the city of Salvador, Bahia in Brazil (salvador is Portuguese for "savior") and I was at a party with family and friends. However, there was a lot of turmoil at the party, so I left to wander the city to clear my head.

On my way, I met a guide who took me to a part of Salvador I had never been to in real life (not as it was represented anyway); a church at the top of a great hill. Scores of locals and visitors from a dozen countries strolled through the square in front of the church, which was lined with colorful streamers and banners as if for a festival.

Suddenly the church bells tolled, and everyone stopped where they were and began kneeling or making the sign of the cross and praising God. In confusion, I asked my guide what was going on. He started to tell me that it was a time in honor of the Lord to give thanks for his revelation of…and then all I could hear were the church bells. I instantly understood, and got down on my knees and began praising God.