"CAN I REALLY KNOW YOU?" 15useless to argue with the usher. The second row was
already filled, but Jim and I found a spot on row three.
It would be another hour before the service began, so I
took off my coat, my gloves, and my boots. As I relaxed, I
realized I was shaking more than before. It just wouldn't
stop. The vibrations were going through my arms and legs
as if I were attached to some kind of a machine. The
experience was foreign to me. To be honest, I was scared.
As the organ played, all I could think about was the
shaking in my body. It wasn't a "sick" feeling. It wasn't as if
I were catching a cold or a virus. In fact, the longer it
continued, the more beautiful it became. It was an unusual
sensation that didn't really seem physical at all.
At that moment, almost out of nowhere, Kathryn
Kuhlman appeared. In an instant, the atmosphere in that
building became charged. I didn't know what to expect. I
didn't feel anything around me. No voices. No heavenly
angels singing. Nothing. All I knew was that I had been
shaking for three hours.
Then, as the singing began, I found myself doing
something I never expected. I was on my feet. My hands
were lifted, and tears streamed down my face as we sang
"How Great Thou Art."
It was as if I had exploded. Never before had tears
gushed from my eyes so quickly. Talk about ecstasy! It was
a feeling of intense glory.
I wasn't singing the way I normally sang in church. I
sang with my entire being. And when we came to the
words, "Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to thee," I
literally sang it from my soul.
I was so lost in the Spirit of that song that it took a few
moments for me to realize that my shaking had completely