Feeling God's Presences
By Mike Nasser | November 17, 2002
I wanted to write to you about something incredibly profound that happened to me this past Sunday night. I was sitting down to choose my classes and I called the number to register and I found out that all the courses I wanted were closed. I got so mad that I went to vent my frustrations on the side door of my hall. I ended up completely kicking in the window pane of the side door. Part one of my feeling God's presence came at this point. Everyone came out to see what had happened and I was feeling very nervous, guilty and very frightened. I never expected the window pane to give way as easily as it did. As I listened to kids talk, I realized that even though they would only pay .50 cents each for the door, it was all a matter of principles. So, I went to the quad office to confess what I'd done and got off with temporary probation and a 70 dollar bill for the door. I believe that God allowed this to happen to tell me that I need to get some help in order to control my anger. This is the first time I've done so much damage to other people's property but not the first time that I've gotten so angry that I've broken my own property or hurt myself. So now I'm going to follow God's suggestion and seek counciling. The story, however, doesn't end there. I went to the library to study afterward and when I came back and there was a card on my computer screen with a note from my roomate saying that a cop wanted to talk to me. So I called the number not knowing what to expect and an officer told me that the officer who came to my room was out and would call me back in a few minutes. At that point, I prayed to God, not sure what to ask for so I just asked Him that police proceedings would be brief and that the situation would turn out alright. As I was finishing my prayer, the phone rang so I said one last thing to God and picked up the phone. The officer said he'd pick me up in His cruiser and take me down to the station to fill out some paperwork. As we were going down there, he came off as being very friendly and understanding and said I should probably attend anger management classes. I told him I had gone to see someone who could help me find some help right after the incident. After I wrote out my statement and he wrote out the case report, he offered to take me back in his cruiser which I was very surprised at. As we were driving back he began telling me a lot of things. At first I thought he speaking to me as a cop, trying to make sure I stay on the straight and narrow, but eventually I realized that he was speaking to me from the heart, as someone who trully understood what I was going through because he was...is there himself. Eventually we got around to the subject of God and I was amazed to discover that he was a believer much in the same way that I want to become and in the same way the Impact and the people in it are. There is no doubt in my mind the God sent officer Calderon to me and that he did it through showing me the error in my ways. So on Sunday night, not only did God help me to avert a factor in my life that could destroy me and possibly those around me someday but He also revealed to me the truth of His famed omnipotence and has elevated my faith to a new level. Since last night, I have found a new sense of peace in my life that I've not felt in a long, long time, maybe for the first time in my life. And its all thanks to God and my friends at Impact; Praise be to God.
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