Pastor Jim Isakson / Dec 28, 2010

Jim Isakson’s description of his journey at age 15 that took him to a world beyond … a place where unending darkness engulfed him and held him captive. “The fear was overwhelming … I had no idea where I was or what had happened. The last thing I remembered was fainting at home, but now I found myself in a cold unfamiliar room. Where was I? As my mind raced, trying to make sense of it all, suddenly, I was floating up toward the ceiling! Then I slid down to the floor at the foot of the bed. I turned to look at the bed behind me and saw the form of a body under a blanket. I took a second look and couldn’t believe my eyes … it was MY body lying in the hospital bed! It was my face on the pillow! How did I get here? Time stood still, yet my mind was racing. Then WHAM … a trap door opened beneath me and I plummeted down, down, down … falling helplessly into darkness so thick it seemed to swallow me whole as I fell deeper and deeper into darkness!”