My first meeting with God

  

I must have been 9 years old and went to a weekend church camp. It is a
long weekend camping with a big group of children and teachers giving
Protestant bible school teachings to us. For us kids it was mostly about
playing and having fun.

 

On the last day, the last meeting with our smaller group of about 7-9
kids, the teacher gave us each a piece of paper. She asked if we have
given our hearts to Jesus and only need to write the answer on the paper
privately. The papers then got passed down the circle clockwise and since
I was on the teacher right side, I collected all the answers and gave them
to her. I wrote No on my paper and saw all the other kids wrote Yes. I saw
the teacher looking at the answers till she saw my 'no' paper and looked up
worried at all the children. I kept a straight face and I saw that the
teacher had no idea who wrote no. By that time the time was finished, and
we all rushed to go play and go home in a few hours.

 

That night at home, or maybe the following night, I thought about my
answer and relation to God. I was in bed and ready to sleep but I prayed
to God, saying I accept/believe that he exists. With that a tunnel of
light opened above my bed. The tunnel was made out of angels shining light
and singing. At the end of the tunnel was a brighter light that was God.
Then God said: "This is my Son, whom I love; with Him I am well pleased."
. I was feeling overwhelmed with love and gratitude and fell asleep.

 

The line that God said was from Matthew 3:17, which is the same words God
spoke when Jesus got baptized by John the Baptist. When the Holy Spirit in
the form of a Dove descended on Jesus.

 

This was my first spiritual experience that I can remember.