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‘I was a secular Jew, but then I turned to Jesus’
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Judit Catan2024-04-24T08:00:00
Judit Catan’s Israeli family was in a crisis when she first experienced the presence of God and a Christian carpenter reminded her that Jesus was the Jewish Messiah as well as the Saviour of the gentiles.
In the summer of 1985 I went to visit my family in Israel, I arrived to a crisis – Dad was in hospital and my sister embroiled in a quarrel. One night after trying to comfort my mum in her distress, I tried to settle to sleep.
Her burden was heavy on my heart. It sat on my chest and crushed my spirit so I couldn’t breathe. I lay on our living room sofa trying to sleep, choked and overwhelmed. Then suddenly a thick luminous cross hovered over the length of my body for a few sweet moments and then disappeared. I felt a deep peace, and I fell asleep.
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