You might find it odd, but I actually had never really read the bible prior to getting saved. I had read a children's bible at the age of seven or so but that was about it. A big picture storybook pretty much. I truly did not recognize him when he appeared in my life and started working miracles and changes around me. He scared the living daylights out of me more than anything else. I could not deny his presence, I wish I couild describe it to you. Imagine a room charged with electricity that feels like the wavelength of life. Imagine really big hands lifting you up. Imagine being healed by an invisble touch. Imagine being protected by an invisible force in very dangerous circumstances. Yet it was impossible for me to trust him because, though he may have known me, I did not know him. And the devil really took advantage of that, I was very easy prey. Trusting him, knowing him, it took me years.

The bible helped me sort fact from fiction, to have peace and know that he is God. That may sound odd to you again, but God is not a reality to you like he is to me. What is really interesting and brought me to tears literally for a really long time, was that during that time when i was so confused and going through so much, he was there, and everything he did, every way he asked me to go, it's right there in the bible already. I guess that's why a lot of Christians call it their roadmap, their letter from God. I am inclined to agree.

He is just as powerful and wonderful as the bible makes him appear btw, and I think I only got an inkling of it.