When Heaven Felt Near

I really wasn't sure if I was going to open up about what happened to me earlier. I don't even know if you'll believe me. But I can't help myself. I feel compelled to share such beautiful thing that happened to me. 

On my way to work, riding quietly in the car, I put on my earphones and pressed play on a praise and worship song. The familiar melody filled the small space around me. I leaned against the window and closed my eyes, letting the music carry what my words couldn't.

Then it happened.

I had a vision.

I was on top of the water, kneeling. The surface beneath me was calm, steady, defying logic, yet filled with peace.And then slowly, I stood up. And there, before me, was a man. His hair was long, falling near his elbows. I couldn't see His face because He was surrounded by an overwhelming light. Too radiant, too holy to look at directly. All I could see is His arm, extended toward me, as if gently calling me closer, saying without words, "Come to Me." 

And then I woke up.

I opened my eyes, back in the car, back in this world. But something in me had shifted. In that exact moment, the first message that echoed in my mind was this: God hears all my prayers. Not some of them. Not only the spoken ones. But even the silent cries, the whispered doubts, the prayers I could barely form.

My chest felt heavy and light all at once. Tears fell freely without warning. I lifted my eyes toward the sky, not caring who might see.

In that moment, I understood something profound: I was never unheard. I was never unseen. Every tear, every plea, every late-night conversation with God had reached Him. 

Jesus is real.

My God is alive.

He is the way, the truth, and the life.

Some encounters don't ask to be proven or explained. They simply arrive, meet you where you are, and remind you, gently but powerfully, that heaven is closer than we think, and God has been listening all along. 

I am smiling and crying at the same time while writing this right now. My heart still trying to catch up with what my soul already knows.