A FUNNEL OF LIGHT



The following was told me by a friend:


“When I was an LDS Bishop, I was especially struck by the serious health issues of a personal friend who had Leukemia. After battling the disease into remission, and undergoing intense pain, he thought he had his health back only to discover from his Doctor that the sickness had returned with a vengeance. He asked me whether he should continue to fight the disease and endure more pain or just let the disease kill him. I gave him a blessing that he would be inspired to make the right choice.


My friend decided to continue the fight, but when I returned to visit him at the hospital, he mentioned that on one particular night he was in so much pain that he lay on his stomach and prayed to be taken in death. He wept as he told me that at that moment he felt two hands lift him from off his stomach and onto his back. He remembered thinking, ‘my, this person is strong.’ He then realized he was on this person’s lap. His pain was instantly gone and he was filled with the most exquisite and wonderful calm feeling as this Being embraced him. When he looked at the marked hands of his benefactor, he realized they were the hands of the Savior. He died shortly after telling me that story.


Later I was privileged to conduct his funeral and after I had done so, two sisters approached me to tell me that while I was speaking, they saw a funnel of light descend from the ceiling with the Spirit of my friend and the Savior together. As I finished the talk, the funnel of light returned heavenward. I have never forgotten that glorious experience.”