I KNOW IT'S GOD NOW, THERE NO DOUBT IN MY MINE, I'M SEEING TO MANY THINGS, I'M FEELING THINGS I'VE NEVER FELT, EVEN WHEN I'M AWAKE. EVEN ON THIS DAY WHEN I WAS GOING OVER TO SEE A FRIEND, I WOKE UP IN THE MORNING, AND THERE WAS A LAMB STANDING NEXT TO ME, AND THEN, GONE. I HOPE THIS DON'T MEAN A SACRIFICE. AS I WAS WALKING OUT OF MY FRIENDS HOUSE LATER THAT DAY, I LOOKED UP AT THE SKY, AND THERE HE WAS, IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CREATIONS I HAVE EVER SEEN. IT WAS AN ANGEL, AND HIS CLOTHES WERE OF THE BRIGHTEST COLOR'S. IT WAS IF GOD HAD TAKEN A PAINT BRUSH, AND DID IT BY HAND. HIS HAIR WAS GOLDEN LOCKS, HIS FACE WAS VERY HANDSOME, AND WITH EVERY FLAP OF HIS WINGS, HE BOBBED UP AND DOWN. I STOOD THERE AND LOOKED AT HIM FOR A FEW SECONDS, HE STARTED SPEAKING TO SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY WHO I COULDN'T SEE. HE SAID, RUSSELL CAN SEE ME.. SOOOO.. GOD HASN'T EVEN TOLD YOU EVERYTHING, I FEEL A LITTLE BETTER NOW, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO'S BEEN CUT OUT OF THE LOOP. I DON'T THINK ANYONE KNOWS WHAT GOD HAS IN MIND. WOW... AN ANGEL, A REAL LIVE ANGEL, I CANT STOP THINKING ABOUT IT. I GOT TO TELL SOMEONE ABOUT THIS, WHO, HOW. I HAVEN'T TOLD ANYBODY ANYTHING ABOUT WHATS BEEN HAPPENING, NOBODY WOULD BELIEVE ME. NOBODY, I GUESS NOBODY BELIEVED NOAH ETHER, UNTIL IT RAINED!! I GUESS I'LL JUST WAITE AWHILE, SEE WHAT HAPPENS. I DIDN'T HAVE LONG TO WAIT. I GOT BACK IN MY CAR, AND STARTED HEADING HOME, GOT ON THE 57 FREEWAY, AND AT THE NEXT EXIT, ANAHEIM STADIUM, HOME OF THE ANGELS, WITH THE BIG A, AND THE HALO, IT LOOKS DIFFERENT TO ME NOW. I PULLED THE CAR INTO THE PARKING LOT OF A MOTEL, I DIDN'T WANT TO GO HOME TODAY,SO I CHECKED INTO THE MOTEL. I JUST WANTED SOMEPLACE FRESH, WITH A NEW LOOK, DIFFERENT BED, DIFFERENT SHOWER, SOMEPLACE WERE I COULD JUST SIT AND THINK. AS I WAS GETTING OUT OF MY CAR, I REMEMBERED THAT MY FRIEND HAD GIVEN TO ME AN OLD GLOBE. I TOOK THE GLOBE OUT OF MY CAR, AND TOOK IT IN THE ROOM. THIS GLOBE WAS DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER ONE I HAD SEEN, IT HAD AN ELECTRICAL CORD HANGING OUT OF IT, AND WHEN YOU PLUGGED IT IN, IT LIGHT'ED UP FROM WITHIN. I TURN IT ON, PULLED OUT A SET OF ROSARY BEADS FROM MY POCKET,( THEY USED TO BE MY GRANDMOTHERS) AND SET THEM ON TOP OF THE BIBLE THAT WAS IN THE ROOM. I LEFT THE ROOM AND WALKED OVER TO A BURGER STAND, GOT A DOUBLE DOUBLE, FRIES AND A MILKSHAKE, AND WENT BACK TO THE ROOM. WHEN I WALKED IN, I TURN ON THE TV, SAT DOWN ON THE BED, AND WAS GETTING READY TO EAT. AND I LOOKED AT THE TV, TROUBLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WILL IT EVER STOP. I STARTED TO EAT MY BURGER, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE GLOBE, FOR THE FIRST TIME I NOTICE THAT IT WASN'T IN ENGLISH. EVERYTHING WAS WRITTEN IN OLD TEXT,( ISRAEL, SYRIA, IRAQ, THEY WERE ALL WRITTEN IN A DIFFERED LANGUAGE) THIS IS A COOL GLOBE. I TOOK A WRITING INSTRUMENT AND WROTE THE NUMBER 5 WERE MESOPOTAMIA IS AND CIRCLED IT, I DIDN'T KNOW WHY I DID THAT. I WAS JUST GETTING READY TO TAKE A BITE OF MY BURGER, WHEN I LOOKED DOWN AT THE ROSARY BEADS AND THE CRUCIFIX AT THE END. THE HEAD ON THE CRUCIFYD BODY, JUST MOVED, ITS HEAD JUST LIFTED UP, AND ITS EYELIDS JUST OPEN. I SAT DOWN THE BURGER, AND PICKED UP THE CRUCIFIX HANGING ON THE ROSARY BEADS, AND PUT IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY EYES. I KNOW THIS FACE, THIS WAS THE FACE OF JULIE SMITH, IVE KNOW HER ALL MY LIFE, SHE WAS FROM PAWTUCKET R.I. SHE DIED A FEW YEARS BACK, AND HER FAMILY WAS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST, I HAD A CRUSH ON HER SINCE I WAS A TEENAGER. HELLO RUSSELL SHE SAID, I JUST LOOKED AT HER, WHEN A VOICE CAME OUT OF MY BODY, IT SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. I SAT HER BACK DOWN ON THE BIBLE, WALKED OUTSIDE, AND LOOKED AT THE BLUE SKY, THERE SHE WAS, LARGER THAN LIFE. SHE LOOKED AT ME , AND STARTED YELLING IN A FOREIGN TONGUE, SHE TURN AROUND, AND STREAKED ACROSS THE SKY. I WALKED BACK IN THE ROOM, SAT DOWN, AND LOOKED AT THE TV. THERE WAS A WELL KNOW JOURNALIST COVERING THE STORY FROM BAGHDAD, THERE WERE MISSILES BEING FIRED IN THE AIR, THE WHOLE CLOUDY SKY WAS BEING LIT UP, WHEN JULIE CAME BURSTING THROUGH THE CLOUDS. SHE WAS STILL YELLING IN THAT FOREIGN TONGUE, AND SHE WAS TAKING HITS IN THE FACE, I COULD HERE HER VOICE NOW COMING FROM THE SPEAKER ON THE TV. WE NOW WILL RETURN TO YOUR LOCAL STATION, AND THEY DID. FOR HOURS I WAITED FOR THE REPLAY, IT NEVER CAME. IT'S GOT TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST BLACKOUTS AND COVER UP IN THE HISTORY OF JOURNALISM.
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