The Book – Someone’s Calling My Name
(Around 1981)
When I was in something like first or second grade I had an happening. I was playing downstairs with my toys. And it’s nothing I’ve done new was like I had done a million times before. However this time was different. As I was playing I heard an adult call my name. As a child you really don’t think about whether or not it’s your mom or dad’s voice when you hear an adult and there’s only one adult around you assume it’s them. So after hearing this authoritative loud voice calling, “Dustin,” I ran upstairs to see what mom wanted because she was the only adult around.
When I got to mom I asked her what you want mom? She said I didn’t call you go play. I went right back downstairs and played with my toys. All of a sudden I heard the voice again saying Dustin. I ran back upstairs and asked my mom why she called me. Looking back at it I can tell you that I did not hear a woman’s voice. However again as a child you run to what you know. My mom asked me Dustin is God calling your name? Knowing that it wasn’t actually her I said yes. And then she sat me down and told me about the story of Samuel. After telling me the story of Samuel she told me that Jesus wanted my heart. She asked me if I like that said Jesus is Lord and Savior. And she let me to Jesus right there in the living room. Afterwards she dedicated my life to the Lord. And after some experiences later in life for you read about here I had asked you forgotten the story until I was in college. God bring the story back to my memory while in college was one of the key things that spurred me on to be a passionate God seeker. I knew God knew me by name and that he cared about me and that for him to call my name like that he must have a really important plan for the rest of my life. But for about 13 years I forgot. I may have forgotten this story and other ones like it due to trauma in my third-grade year however I did not forget God.
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