River of the Living God

this is an e - mail I sent to massive amounts of people

Hi everyone! I wanted to share an experience I had just now with you all and I would like to know what you think if you want to write back. I just got back from a Stress Management program presented by the UCC where we went over some relaxation stuff and re - thinking bad thoughts stuff.

What's interesting is that at the end, the person that was leading the program led us in a visualization excercise where we visualized ourselves by a river that had leaves falling into it. The person said, "Let these leaves become those thoughts of worry and let them fall in to the river and let them just float away." Suddenly it hit me: The City where the River of Life flowed from the Throne of God... The River whoose source was Jesus and which is accessed through the acceptance of His blood. I closed my eyes and bowed my head and have those thoughts I'd been having to the River. The Point of Grace rendition of 'Shall we gather at the river' came into my head.

When the visualization excercise was completed, the UCC person asked us what we experienced. I shared that the river became the River that flowed from God and that I could give all my thoughts to God. The UCC person said, "Well, that might not work for everyone seeing as not everyone believes in God or thinks of Him in that personal way, but for you it worked." I knew it worked, but I was sad that she said it couldn't work for everyone, because if one seeks, one shall find - it's promised in the Bible. And I know people that have sought out God or asked for His presence and He was faithful. It worked for me because the visualization took me out of my mind and into the presence of my Ceator, Savior, and God.