While in fellowship yesterday I started thinking about this drive I took to Sedona, AZ. This thought was strong and not going away and I then realized that the Holy Spirit was asking me to write about it and once I agreed, I was able to focus again on the group that stayed following the service.
Then this morning I had finished my breakfast and put on some soft Christian music with a fireplace burning on the TV and wood crackling in the back ground. The Holy Spirit seems to like this when I first wake, when I am in prayer or write and when I turn in at night and I was just about to go on YouTube or Race Cars, when I was reminded that I needed to write about this.
It happened about 30 years ago at a time when I was living in Bullhead City, AZ and working for a casino in Laughlin, NV. I had been arguing with my wife and my cooling off period was to go for a drive. So I got in my car and drove and found myself on a freeway headed towards Flagstaff and I just kept driving.
The weather was clear when I left home and all of the sudden I found myself driving through a huge hail storm. The ice was hitting my windshield so hard, I thought the glass was going to break and I finally got through it and continued to head east uphill to the destination. Then a sign appeared for a turn off to head south towards Sedona, AZ and my thoughts were to head that way.
Not knowing anything about Sedona, I headed down the hill which seemed long, before it finally leveled off. Then I found myself having to break for bobcats, raccoons, deer, skunks and other animals that were crossing the road. This was a site I had not seen before and realized the previous storm maybe had something to do with it and driving into town, I then spotted this huge cross on a hill that was lighted and I headed that way to check it out. But I made a wrong turn and found myself at a church, that was also on a hill overlooking the valley.
It was a curvy road driving up to it and once there, I decided to park and step out to breath in the air I enjoy smelling after a rainstorm and I walked over and sat leaning against the lower part of the building. But I began to hear howling in the distance and after about 15 minutes, they seemed to be getting closer to me. Not sure what to do and no gun, I walked to the car and grabbed a knife that I had, then walked back.
I then got restless and decided to walk up from the parking area using their sidewalk and it seemed curvy too like the road up and as I got to the top I could see the entrance to the church with a statute of Jesus on the left wearing a robe and he had one hand out and another holding his robe. But upon closer inspection, his one hand seemed to be asking for something with his palm upward and the other hand looked like he was holding his robe, but I could see he was holding a dagger.
Once I saw this, I began to look back at the curvy sidewalk that I had just used and over towards the front doors of the church and saw that the handles were shaped like a serpent. There was also glass on both sides of the front doors, so I looked inside and could see candles smoldering that looked like they were just blown out, keeping in mind it was in the morning and still dark.
The room was lit by the clear sky that was shining through the huge windows on the other side and I could see a huge cross that looked upside-down and out to the valley which would be seen from below when the lights in that room were on and as I glanced around I then could see what I thought was a Bible on an alter and it was huge and seemed to have more pages than normal and it was opened. So I decided I had to come back during the day to check it out.
So, I turned around and walked back using the same curvy sidewalk towards the lower parking area and when I got to the bottom, I then spotted a woman wearing jogging clothes who was running uphill straight towards me and when she got close, I could see that her eyes were all black and so I took a step towards her to apologize for being there. But when I took that step she stopped, raised her hands to shield herself, then turned around and ran away from me.
After witnessing this I decided to pray for everyone that was involved with this place before driving off and I then drove to a convenience store nearby and asked the cashier what's up with this town and he informed me that there were local cults in his town and so I decided I had to go back to that church when they opened. But I got there and everything now seemed normal and the big cross on the backside facing the valley, now appeared to be right side up and I went inside and downstairs to their store and it all seemed normal, except for the handles and the statue of Jesus, which was not obvious unless you really took a closer look at the details. I think I had looked over at the Bible, but do not remember any conclusions if any. Possibly, because 30 years ago I wouldn't have know what to look for.
Driving away I decided to try and find that first cross on the hill that I saw and I found the right way up this time and drove to it and parked and decided to walk over to it to pray. There was a chain link fencing I had to climb over and fencing around the cross I also had to climb over and the cross was dedicated to a Barry Goldwater. I don't remember why or if his name is spelled accurately. I was standing there praying for Sedona, the church's and the people who might be involved with practicing a cult religion there and asked God to forgive them. Then I heard a truck speeding around to the back side of the church and the truck was headed my direction, kicking up dust behind it and I thought maybe I'm not supposed to be back here.
So I climbed back over the fence to apologize and after climbing the fence, the truck was close enough now that I could see the drivers face. Who was a man with short dark hair and black eyes. Seeing him getting closer, my only thought was to walk his way while he was still driving up to me and when I did this, he immediately hit his breaks skidding, put his truck in reverse and hit the gas hard to get away. Kicking up all kinds of dust. Now, after seeing this I new I had to look for more church's and pray for them and I did this, then headed north out of town towards Flagstaff again.
Then I looked in my mirror and saw a blue Jeep behind me that looked like the Jeep that was parked at the first church on the hill and I thought no it can't be, but to find out I yanked my steering wheel to the right to pull off and the Jeep did the same, making a turn to follow me back into town. Then I spotted a diner and drove to it and quickly walked inside and sat down and to my disbelief, I was followed in and they sat close enough where I could see that all of their eyes were black, but they didn't approach me or say anything.
I then walked outside and drove away and they continued to follow. But I was able to lose them and then noticed another car following me with my turns and then another after I had driven south towards a spot where I could see radio controlled airplanes being flown and I drove up to the group, got out and went over to say hi, while looking at the followers from the corner of my eye, watching me from the road.
I finally headed north again and just accepted I was going to be followed, but didn't see anyone. Until I made my first stop to see a friend in Bullhead City which seemed ok at first. Then after a few hours of visiting I had stepped outside and saw a blue Ford Taurus that looked like one of the cars that was following me in Sedona. It was parked a distance away and so I decided to check it out by sneaking up on them to verify if it was them. So, I snuck around the buildings and then begun to run up to where they were parked. They saw me and slammed the car in reverse spinning their tires and they sped off.
That's what I remember and it was like it happened yesterday.
Praise God.