The Seer

The Seer is a true story of a relationship between God and an undesirable who grows from an abusive childhood tainted by drugs and bouts of self-loathing to a man of God who is given Divine power. Still throughout his life he is at odds with the darkness that is all around him and must fight to keep his faith and his hope alive amidst the most trying of personal challenges. From an early age Joey had a tough childhood, by the time he was a teen, he had endured years of sickness, abuse, pain and confusion. At thirteen, he ran away from home to look for a better life but found only trouble. Not long after, he began to drink and use drugs. At sixteen he wandered aimlessly and hitchhiked around the United States and for over a decade. Joe recalled a time when he took an unfamiliar substance and saw an uninterrupted stream of pictures and shapes with a kaleidoscopic play of colors which streamed on the walls and ceiling in a circular motion around the room. It was a long night, as he looked at himself in the bathroom mirror, he felt dirty inside and bad about the general direction of his life. Hours and hours later as it faded away, he slept. When Joe revived his body early the next day, he pulled back the curtains, rubbed his eyes and squinted. The world was covered in ice from a storm; there wasn’t a cloud in the sky and the morning sun reflected off everything. It hurt his eyes, but it was a beautiful sight. He opened the window to get some air. It was cold and crisp, and it felt good as the freshness filled his lungs. "A new day had dawned." After seventeen years of drug and self-inflicted abuse Joe cried out to Jesus for help. He asked Jesus if He was real, to come down from heaven and set him free. A few weeks later on Palm Sunday Joe was invited to a church service from a friend he met at alcoholics anonymous. At the end of the service as everyone was leaving, a man made a loud statement and said: “If you have not been baptized with the Holy Ghost, you’re missing out on everything good God has for you!” As Joe was almost at the church exit those words pierced his soul, he knew he needed everything good God had for him. He turned, walked back and stood in front of the man, held out his right hand, and said, “I’ll take me a Holy Ghost!” The man put holy anointment oil on his right index finger, touched Joe’s forehead and prayed for him. Instantly Joe heard and felt hundreds of extremely powerful waves of energy rip through his body and lift him off the floor, about two inches. Time stopped as he felt darkness fade from within and light fill his heart. Sometime later he walked slowly down the aisle, opened the church doors and stood at the entrance. The atmosphere was illuminated with white fog. It covered trees, birds, and structures, it felt pure and peaceful. “A new day had dawned.” Joe looked at his car and knew he could not walk across the dirt parking lot to his car and get his soul dirty again. So, he….. At home he sat on the kitchen chair, stared at the wall for hours and thought: "Can I make it as a Cristian for one day. If I can make it as a Christian for one whole day, then maybe I can make it as a Christian for two days. If I can make it as a Christian for two whole days, then maybe I can make it as a Christian for three days and if I can make it as a Christian for three whole days, well......" That evening at church as Joe sat on the pew and listened to the man speak about God, suddenly the sanctuary filled with pure gold fog like transparent glass. The gold fog dripped off the church speakers that hung from the ceiling, it covered the pews, it covered the people that sat in the pews. The transparent gold fog slung off the man hands into the air as he talked. The next day when Joe showed up for work the boss saw the light of God shine off his face and chased him through the parking lot yelling you saw the light you lucky SOB you saw the light! Still throughout his life he is at odds with the darkness that is all around him and must fight to keep his faith and his hope alive amidst the most trying of personal challenges.