The Voice Goes On

It is June in 2014. After seven breathless years of God-serving and nearly 3000 videos on YouTube, my voice has ceased to speak publicly for God, and my video camera has taken its longest break yet. It is my hope that my voice will speak again, and when it does it will not be the same any more.

Before my computer, Sam's Notebook, ceased to function totally, I had a dream. I was in a church, a familiar church, attempting to read the words of the hymn, "Abide With Me." But for many reasons I couldn't read the hymn. And many of these reasons had little to do with me. The hymn book didn't seem right. Then the microphone failed. Then I moved to the other side of the aisle for some strange reason. Later I wanted to return to the side where I was originally, and there was a man blocking my way. When I arrived at this side, it seemed all right for me to read. But when I started to read the lights went out. And then they came back again. So I tried once more. But the hymn book again failed me. So I decided to recite the words from memory. But I couldn't get past the first few lines, as my my memory failed me. Finally I decided to abandon the reading of the hymn and decided to speak about it. All the while the congregation seemed to wait patiently for me. And that really surprised me. So I started off this new approach with a few jokes and the audience smiled appreciatively. Wow, I still had my audience after all that time of waiting and experimenting! And they were waiting for me.

This makes me confident that those who want to hear my voice will wait for me. I don't know when I will start broadcasting video messages again. But according to the aforementioned dream, I will broadcast again but in a different manner. This is a promise from God to me. And I don't doubt it.