The Space Between Stars • Being Blessed

Being Blessed (From Chapter Seven: Gifts, Signs & Wonders)

RED RIBBONS OF LIGHT STRETCHED ACROSS THE HORIZON as the
sun was setting and the train pulled into Trenton. Stephen recalled
something he had not thought of for many years. When the hand
of the Episcopal bishop touched his head during confirmation, he
felt a surge of energy shoot through his thirteen-year-old body. The
bishop had said, “May you receive the blessing of the Holy Spirit
from this day forward.” Back then, he knew something special had
happened but he was not sure what it was.

Now, in retrospect, he thought, Could it be that those rituals in
church really did have some true and lasting significance for the soul?
More than this, he began to see the ever-present and eternal reality
of Christ Jesus. He was always showing up in the most unlikely
places: the Reiki Master meditation, various books on Reiki, the
Mayan pyramids in the jungles of Guatemala and Mexico, and on
his trips to Mexico City, Puerta Vallarta, Athens, Greece, and the
Greek isle of Mykonos.

Wherever Stephen’s spiritual search led, Jesus appeared as the
Good Shepherd watching over His flock. Stephen’s thoughts were
drawn back to the question: What happened in the year of 1995 to
prepare the way for this miraculous event of being blessed by the
Holy Spirit with the gift of healing?

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THE YEAR OF 1995 BEGAN WITH ANGELS IN SUNNY MEXICO. It was
New Year’s Day and the plane Stephen was on was flying to the seaside
resort town of Puerta Vallarta. As the plane was about to land,
he finished reading a passage in a book entitled Ask Your Angels. In
the passage, a man in England had climbed a stone tower. He sat
atop the tower on New Year’s Eve, reflecting over the past year. The
man was listening to the instrumental theme to the film Chariot’s
of Fire which was composed by Vangelis. The composer’s name and
this piece of music would turn out to be significant . . .