Bartel from the Netherlands gave us the following testimony:
“In November 2019 I attended the Fatherheart School in Belgium. I was really looking forward to it, because I wanted to experience more of God's Love.
A lot was being taught in the A-school. During class it was sufficient for me to be present in the room. Just hearing words about God's Love gave me inner refreshment. I didn't have to do anything for it. I didn’t have to sit up straight or listen actively. I didn't have to take notes. Neither did I have to remember anything. I just had to be present in the room.
How did I experience that?
The first evening I had put a camping mat with sleeping bag in the room. Because I quickly feel overstimulated and tired, I put in my earplugs during the lectures and listened while lying on the mat. I feel well while lying down because it makes me very receptive to what God is doing. Halfway through the various sermons I fell asleep and afterwards I woke up refreshed! I mean refreshed in my inner being, in my heart.
Recently I read the following scripture in Song of Songs 5: 2: "I slept, but my heart was awake."
That is exactly what happened to me at the Fatherheart School. It is such a beautiful verse to me because it describes so well what I have experienced. During school I was allowed to lie down comfortably and sleep on a mat and so I was able to receive God's love easily. My heart was awake, it was wide open.
Then I saw more verses in the Bible in a very different way.
For example, when I read in Mark 4:38 that Jesus was sleeping in the boat during the storm, I now think, "Ah, perhaps he was receiving the Love of the Father at that moment?".
And what about Peter, who was sleeping among the soldiers (Acts 12: 6)? Perhaps Father was just pouring His love into Peter's heart when the angel came to rescue him ...
And what about Genesis 2:21? God puts Adam in a deep sleep and then provides him with such a loving gift :)
All this is also confirmed in Psalm 127:2: “He gives to His loved ones even while they sleep”.
I realized that this really suits me, to rest in His Love.
Thanks for everything!"
