Esther's Secret Visitor
Esther was six years old and lived in a tiny country in Asia callled Brunei. She lived with her father and mother and sister. Her sister was "autistic," which means that she was very sick and had trouble e talking. Sometimes, Esther's sister would yell or hit or do strange things. Esther herself was a pretty wild child too! Her teachers thought she was rebellious and loud and out of control. Esther had trouble sitting still for even one minute.
For Esther's parents, raising Esther and her autistic sister was very, very difficult. Sometimes her mother and father just wanted to give up!
They never had peace or quiet.
Then one normal day, as Esther's mother was driving Esther and her sister home as usual from grocery shopping, her mother noticed a very strange thing. There was absolutely no noise coming from the back seat of the car where Esther and her sister were sitting!
"Oh My!" Thought Esther's mother. "I wonder if something terrible has happened to my girls!"
This was because the two girls would usually be in the back seat of the car yelling, hitting, fighting, and generally making a mess of everything! They would make so much noise! But today, they were totally silent! What was wrong?
Esther's mother looked into the rear-view mirror and saw an odd thing - both girls were just sitting quietly and smiling. Now, for some families, it isn't odd for such a thing to happen, but for there two girls it was not only strange...it had never happened before!
When they got home, Esther's mom watched the girls very, very carefully. Still, they remained quiet.
Esther's mom finally turned to Esther (because Esther's autistic sister could not talk well) and asked,"Esther, are you okay?"
Sure, mommy," answered Esther.
"Esther. Did something happen to you and your sister just now in the car?"
"What, mommy? Like what?"
"I don't know! Anything...You look so...so strange...?"
Esther smiled.
She was quiet for a while, then she said,"But mommy, didn't you see him?"
"Him? Who?"
"Jesus!"
"Where?" asked Esther's mother. Was Esther just making up a story? Esther was wild, noisy, even rebellious, but she never told lies to her mother. What was going on?
"In the car, mommy! You looked in the mirror right at him. Didn't you see him?"
"No, I didn't." Esther's mother was suspicious. She didn't see Jesus. COuld Esther be making this up? "So what did he look like?"
"He had all white on. He had a bearch...and...he was shining like a light..."Esther's mother thought that Esther was just making the story up from books she'd seen in church.
"And what did he say?" asked Esther's mother.
"He siad something I didn't understand," Esther replied. " He said,'Esther, give me your heart.'"
"And?"
"But mommy, I can't take off my shirt? I can't do that kind of thing. I can't just take my heart out and open it and give it to him!" said Esther, sounding upset. She was almost crying.
Esther though she had to somehow reach in and take her heart out and give it to Jesus! Her mother laughed becuase that sounded like her daughter! Her mother knew Esther was not making the story up. This was not a usual Sunday School story!
"So what did you say?"
Esther was upset. "Then Jesus just laughed and laughed. He said,'Well, Esther, if you can't do that, can you just come closer to me?'"
"I said, 'Sure Jesus. No problem.' Mother I can do that, can't I? And i moved closer to him. Then he put his one arm around me and the other around sister."
"Then?"
"That's it. It felt really nice. Suddenly, i felt nice. Even sister became quiet."
After that day when Esther had a secret visitor, she has grown up into a wonderful young girl. Esther has even sat through long meetings without even moving about. Esther really did have a secret visitor that day.
Esther's mom and dad were also encourage by the unique visitation. A sign that He was in they lives and He would take of their children.
When I heard this testimony from Joe Ozawa in his visits around the world, it strangely dawn on me that Jesus knew our every cry and prayer. That He knew when He would answer them, when it was just right for Him to reveal Himself or His purposes.
Jesus is really interested in our everyday lives and our every concern.
May you and I never miss His strange and untimely visitation, each time He shows up.
PsD
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