Shekinah! Shekinah!

When I met my wife in year 1999, I wasn't a christian, but she already is. Her christian faith at that time still weak as she also came from a taois family. And she got converted when her college mates took her to church, long time ago.

She began asking me to accompany her to church one day, we didn't go often then, it was just once in a blue moon kind of thing on some special occasions only. Later, after a few more years passed, after we got married, though it wasn't a christian way because I am not a believer yet, we were then introduced by a close friend to a church at nearby Sunway. Then we started to attend every Sundays. My wife's faith build up but I wasn't that really much. I would listen to the pastors' preaching and go through bible for more knowledge about christ. Then I started to tag along and sing with the church. Slowly trying to understand more. But what really stunt me was my wife's silence murmuring when there's a praying going on during service. Not just her, but the rest as well.

This goes on many times, until one day at home, I asked her why she did that. She told me that it is call "Speaking in Tongue". It is usually an uttering of words that aren't any language that we understood but only that it came from our spirit within. So, I follow as how she described. At first, my words are very much controlled, I knew what I was doing until slowly, the words turned into running... faster than I could control it, my lips are moving. I could not comprehend because for the first time it seems like my mind aren't doing anything just sit and watch the whole process. My body felt warm all the sudden. Especially at the neck and shoulder area. I'm starting to feel a bit drowsy, then as I was in the midst, I heard in my mind, there is a word shouting repeatedly. I don't know what's going on but my mind was uttering that word on and on. Then I felt very happy, tremendously. Full of spirit! Just like singing songs in my mind. That was it. I didn't tell my wife, later. I told her I was just 'practicing'.

Then there's one Sunday, we went to church as usual, worshiping the Lord and as we were singing, I noticed something on the church office door. The handwritten word of a marker pen on a small piece of yellow cardboard paper pasted on it. It was the the exact word that I remember very well when I was 'practicing'. "Shekinah" it says. And under it, a small sentence that says 'Glory to the Lord'. I was shocked, disbelieved. I mean, I haven't seen or read this word from anywhere, how could I know? And I didn't even really notice the church office door before.

After the service, I told my wife quickly. And later told the church pastor. He was surprised. He says the it's a hebrew word for 'dwell' or 'settle' that the glory of the Lord be filled in the tabernacle. I became astonished to God's mightiness, how this spiritual journey with God has spawn from me. It's amazing! In my life I've never so far experience such an encounter.

I've watched many movies and read books about the scientific teory of existence. All of it has no end conclusion. But this is God's proof for me that His realm is REAL. And we are under it. And I thought back, when I was speaking in tongue the other day for the first time, I was actually shouting 'Glory to the Lord' many times and rejoicing the word the whole entire time. What a way for God to choose the right word to come contact with me!

This is how my journey begins.

Amen.