Warning: This is going to be a long story because my journey isn't over yet. Consider this part 1
I haven't always been a real Christian.
I mean, I knew there was a God and Jesus was the Christ and the son of God.
But that's it.
When my grandmother died four years ago I started doubting their existance.
Then almost two year ago my childhood pet died.
Then I became an atheist.
It had been about a week or so after losing my pet cat. During that time I hadn't let myself cry once.
I wanted to stay strong, but I knew I couldn't handle it anymore and I let it all out when my family were sleeping during the middle of the night.
I must have cried a good twenty minutes. Asking myself the same questions I'm sure most people do; why?
And since I had given up hope on there being an God I had given up of an afterlife too. I've never been so hurt and sad before in my entire life.
Once I was done I got up from the floor and walked into the kitchen. I wasn't hungry, I just needed to keep busy.
I walked over to the kitchen counter, looking for something to snack on when all of a sudden I saw a golden light in the corner of my eye.
I turned and looked at it.
I had no clue what is was.
It didn't really have a shape. I guess diamond would be more fitting with the way it shined. It a floating golden light above the kitchen table. It was so bright.
My first thought was; 'My eyes should be hurting right now.' I turned to look at my grandfather sleeping on the couch in the living room.
'He should see this! Why doesn't he notice?'
I looked at it again and noticed it's glow wasn't reflecting on the walls.
'Weird.'
I stared at it harder, trying to make sense of what I was seeing.
As I stared straight through it it seemed to flash back and forth between gold and black.
And then my atheist mind kicked in.
'I'm seeing things.' I thought horrified.
I started to walk away. Looking at it as I did, considering if maybe the light was coming from a car driving by, which I knew made no sense.
It didn't move.
It stayed there shining brightly.
Whatever it was it was there.
Not like us though. No body.
It just was.
I haven't always been a real Christian.
I mean, I knew there was a God and Jesus was the Christ and the son of God.
But that's it.
When my grandmother died four years ago I started doubting their existance.
Then almost two year ago my childhood pet died.
Then I became an atheist.
It had been about a week or so after losing my pet cat. During that time I hadn't let myself cry once.
I wanted to stay strong, but I knew I couldn't handle it anymore and I let it all out when my family were sleeping during the middle of the night.
I must have cried a good twenty minutes. Asking myself the same questions I'm sure most people do; why?
And since I had given up hope on there being an God I had given up of an afterlife too. I've never been so hurt and sad before in my entire life.
Once I was done I got up from the floor and walked into the kitchen. I wasn't hungry, I just needed to keep busy.
I walked over to the kitchen counter, looking for something to snack on when all of a sudden I saw a golden light in the corner of my eye.
I turned and looked at it.
I had no clue what is was.
It didn't really have a shape. I guess diamond would be more fitting with the way it shined. It a floating golden light above the kitchen table. It was so bright.
My first thought was; 'My eyes should be hurting right now.' I turned to look at my grandfather sleeping on the couch in the living room.
'He should see this! Why doesn't he notice?'
I looked at it again and noticed it's glow wasn't reflecting on the walls.
'Weird.'
I stared at it harder, trying to make sense of what I was seeing.
As I stared straight through it it seemed to flash back and forth between gold and black.
And then my atheist mind kicked in.
'I'm seeing things.' I thought horrified.
I started to walk away. Looking at it as I did, considering if maybe the light was coming from a car driving by, which I knew made no sense.
It didn't move.
It stayed there shining brightly.
Whatever it was it was there.
Not like us though. No body.
It just was.