Recent Musings:
Who's there?
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Last night I felt a presence in my bedroom and I couldn't fall asleep. I live alone and usually am not scared of the dark, but I kept opening my eyes to the darkness. It felt like I wasn't alone. I took some ibuprofen to help me sleep.
This morning I woke up to my name. Someone said Rhonda. It was a female voice. I seriously woke up to this at 6:30 a.m. I laid in my bed and kind of looked around but my heart was pounding. I tried to write it off and when my breath had nearly slowed back to normal, I heard two knocks. I was up out of bed and checking everything out. I looked out my windows and behind the curtains. I checked my doors. I looked to see if the neighbors were trying to get my attention. I looked in the closet. Nothing. No one.
I'll admit, I'm spooked. I thought of the Old Testament story of Samuel when God keeps saying his name in the night and the poor boy thinks it's his teacher Eli. But I don't think it was God. Call me old-fashioned, but it was a woman's voice and I don't think God's a woman.
Who was it then? And why? And should I be concerned or instead see this as a positive sign?
Anyway, I may be replacing my broken night-light before I sleep tonight. Call me crazy.