RE: CR Booms and The Shack

CR, when I read about the strange boom sounds you heard and read a post of someone promoting the Shack book, I decided it was time to write about what happened to me back in Aug (2013).

One of my (Christian) neighbors brought me a book to read saying it was such a wonderful book written by a Christian man on how “to get more from God”. She bought three extra books and gave one to me and two of my other neighbors. She suggested we four Christians get together once a week for prayer.

This excited me as I have been looking for a “small group” of women outside internet groups, where we could brain storm scripture, learn and share in person.

Although I was already skeptical of this book and many books, especially anything Oprah ever promoted in the past, sure enough in the very first chapter, which is the premise of the entire book, is the character “Honi” (to make a long story short), Honi, doesn’t exist, he is a fable from old Jewish writings, but he demanded rain from God and when he didn’t get enough, he drew two circles in the sand, stood inside and demanded God give more rain, didn’t leave the circles until the rains came… hence the name of the book; The Circle Maker.

Needless to say, I didn’t read the book. Not about to read an entire book based on a fable, which promotes occult practices (drawing circles around things or standing in them) and DEMANDING ANYTHING from God…mamma didn’t raise no dummy!

At the beginning of our third meeting (we had skipped a few weeks to do scheduling) and immediately after opening prayer, there was a huge, loud BOOM! So loud, you could physically feel the concussion and it rattled the back door. Knee- jerk reaction I said “what was that??” The ladies shrugged and we went on, but every 5 minutes or so, I would keep hearing/feeling these booms-rumbles (not as strong as the first one). There were NO thunderstorms-lightning or rain and the really freaky thing (another reason I didn’t write sooner), NO ONE ELSE heard/felt these.

I don’t know what it was, but can only guess, someone didn’t want me there…whether it was a warning from God or Satan…I do not have the answer, but I haven’t been back.

Don’t know if this helps…but felt like I needed to write this.

Chondram