A Vision of Jesus and His Love

I Saw Jesus! - Karen Templin

I had not been to church for many years, but I had been feeling a strong calling from Jesus. I continued reading other people's testimonies of Him, also the near death experiences of people who had actually gone to Heaven, and met Him. I could feel myself drawing closer to Him.

Sarah, my seven-year, old daughter had met a new friend in school, and her mother had invited us to church. I said, "Yes." I was willing to do anything that would draw me closer to Him.

I had felt a calling from Jesus. It was almost as if I was being beckoned by the Savior, Himself, and I felt like church was the place where I might be closest to Him. I just had a feeling that if I made the effort, something special would happen to me, and He would be there.

What exactly would happen, I wasn't sure, but I had no idea how important this one visit to a new church would be for me, or how profoundly my life would be affected from that day on.

We listened as the minister preached his sermon. Somewhere in the middle of his sermon, he asked the question, "What is the mountain in your life?" He told us to take a few minutes to meditate about it. It had all been quiet in the church before, but now you could hear a pin drop.

I began to meditate along with the rest of the congregation. I reflected on things from my past right up to the present. I thought about things I had not been able to overcome in my life. My biggest "Mountain" was definitely the lack of forgiveness I felt for people who I thought had hurt me or wronged me in some way. I could easily walk out of people's lives, and hold a grudge for twenty years or for the rest of my life for that matter.

As I thought about these things, I thought about how others had been hurtful towards me in my life. I felt a deep wrenching pain in my heart, even physicalb pain as though my heart was being squeezed tight in my chest. Still carrying deep pain as I did, seemed to make it impossible to be forgiving. I bowed my
head. I knew what the Bible says about forgiveness, and I thought, "Jesus is probably mad at me."

Still feeling the pain in my heart, a thought suddenly came into my mind. I thought, "Look for the face of Jesus." I had read that somewhere, but I didn't think I would literally see him. If I did, I was sure He would come condemning me.

As I was thinking I should look for his face, I raised my eyes, and I couldn't have been more surprised by what I saw. I saw Jesus! He was actually there. I saw only his face, and shoulders, but He was alive, and moving around. He had dark, shoulder length hair with light streaks of gray, and He was wearing a crown of thorns. I just gazed up at Him, and He was smiling at me with the most loving smile I had ever seen in my life!

The first thing I thought was, "He looks a little different than He does in his pictures, but only slightly different." I had expected his hair to be longer, and his nose was a little different. There was something about his eyes, and the way he looked at me. It was like pure joy shinned outward from his eyes that He was able to show Himself to me, and to allow me to feel the love that He had for me. I also felt that He received joy just by being in my presence. I will never forget how joyous He seemed to be with me. I have always felt so ordinary. I live a very ordinary life. Yet, I just felt that I was so special in his eyes.

I felt no condemnation from Him at all as my gaze settled on His smile, and that greatly surprised me. Next, I felt Him sending me love that was full of sympathy and compassion. It was as if I could actually feel his feelings, and I began to experience an overwhelming kind of love that I was sure human beings aren't capable of.

I was in awe that He could love me that much. It was blissful, and I was totally absorbed by that love, to the point where I felt my heart could burst. I have never felt anything like it, and I'm sure that I never will as long as I'm on the earth.

There aren't adequate words in the English language to describe the magnificence of Him, but He was wonderful, and I just continued to gaze up at Him, fearful if I took my eyes off of Him He may vanish.

He continued to smile at me like I was the only person in that room, like I was the only person on earth who mattered to Him, though I'm sure He must look at each one of us that way. Throughout the whole vision, He never once took his eyes off of me or stopped smiling at me.

Next, I saw Him sending beams of transparent, white light towards my heart. I felt the light penetrating my being. The light felt like nothing, other than pure love and compassion. Jesus was very kind and loving towards me, not condemning at all. I only sensed a strong out pouring of love from Him. He seemed perfect in his goodness and kindness. The best word I can think of to describe the goodness I sensed in Him is holy.

Next He began to communicate to me, but no words were used. He communicated by sending me feelings. It was like telepathy, but it wasn't just an exchange of information. I understood as if He was speaking in sentences like we use, but there were feelings in the knowledge. I could understand his words as well as feel his emotions that went along with the words. I understood easily and clearly as it was transferred into my mind.

He said that He already knew about it all, my lack of forgiveness towards others. He also knew about how I had been hurt by other people, and the circumstances in my life that had made me feel that way. He said, "I know everything about you."

I thought to myself, "Wow! I can't believe He knows everything about me!" (When I look back on the experience, it seems strange that I referred to Him as He instead of You. I guess it never entered my mind that I could speak back to Him. I only listened to what He told me, eager to absorb all I could from Him. I never made a reply back.) Anyway, this new knowledge surprised me greatly, to find out that He knew everything about my life, and me, but I also felt comforted by it. I had always felt invisible in His eyes. It meant that He had never been far from me like I had always thought. I realized that I had been constantly under his supervision, like when our own children are small, and we never let them out of our eyesight. Before I had thought that He had too many people to watch

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