I found this e-mail tonight and wanted to post it because all I have is the printout, and I had lost it for a long time. This was a pretty seminal event in my religious and relational life.

Juno e-mail printed Fri, 22 June 2001 21:08:56 , page 1

From: Xxxxx X Xxxxx

To: gkamprath@juno.com

Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 16:46:00 -0400

Greg,



I’m not really sure what you think about gifts of the spirit, such as prophecy, but I’m all into that. Prophet Glen Miller, an extraordinary man of God, comes to our church quite a bit, and has been teaching at the church meetings I’ve been going to the last couple of nights. I’ve gotten prophetic words from him and other people many times, and each time they’ve been what I needed to hear. God reveals things to people and speaks through them. Prophecy is a very helpful tool for the church to hear God’s will.

For a while I’ve been asking God for direction in my life and to make some things clear for me. Well, on wednesday night God was really clear. He spoke to me through Prophet Glen. Here’s a bit of what he said: “...The Lord has got your husband. I’m sorry, he’s not coming now. He’s not comin at 17, he’s not coming when you’re 18, and you won’t see him at 19. And if you start chasing, you’re gonna get something that’s not yours… the Lord says ‘you concern yourself with me.’”

There was more to the word than that, but that sums up the part concerning us. And I know in my heart that he’s right. As much as it hurt me to hear, and as much as it could hurt you, I know that I’m not supposed to have any dating-style relationship with you, or anyone else for that matter. I am trying to seek God’s kingdom and his righteousness first, and in order to do that I need to follow his way, not mine. I realize I’ve hurt you a couple other times when pulling out of the relationship, and you’ve said you’ll wait. But don’t wait this time, because we can’t start it up again. I can’t be in a relationship that I know God doesn’t approve of.

I pray that God protects your heart, Greg. You really are a one-of-a-kind friend. And hopefully you’ll still be up for a group bike ride by the canal some time – I’ll see you sunday. May God give you peace in Christ,



Xxxxx

For the record, she would not see me on Sunday because I was leaving the next day to work at camp for the summer. As I understand it the word from the Lord didn’t exactly come true either. Although it could be just because she started “chasing” and got something that’s not hers… Anyway, you can see Glenn’s website here: http://www.lionsshareministries.com. It’s kind of weird, I never looked him up until now, and there he is. He became this sort of mythical character in a story I tell, but now he has a face.