I am Victoria Blodgett.
There are others out there with my exact name, but I don’t know them, or
have reason to initiate any contact with them.
I can ask Facebook to search for that name, and five others will come
up. There is never any mistake or mix-up
of who is who, because each name requires an exact address in the computer and
all of ours are different.
A month or so ago, I had an unusual experience. I got an e-mail for Victoria Blodgett
confirming that I had bought tickets for a performance with my credit
card. It came to my e-mail account. I opened it up and saw that, indeed the name
and server were mine. However, the
credit card, of which I could only see the last four digits, was not. There was an address in Canada and a phone
number, so I called and talked to the other Victoria Blodgett. We were baffled at how our e-mails had never
crossed before, given we had the same e-mail address. She decided to contact the company from
which she bought the tickets, to straighten out the problem, since having me e-mail
the tickets to her was not going to work.
After I got off the phone, I decided to double check the
address. I confirmed that the address was
indeed mine. I remembered the other
Victoria telling me that hers included parts of her entire name. Then it dawned on me that mine has
abbreviations. I forwarded the tickets to
the address with the fuller name, and got an answer right away that she had
received them.
It felt a little weird to have this experience, and I
quickly forgot about it. However, it
came back to me today, because I have been asking about the eternal realm. I know that, even though most of us feel very
securely anchored on this side, the veil is very thin. We, who are alive, exist for eternity. When we cross over, we will spend it with the
Lord, or separated from Him forever.
I am learning that, through worship, we can cross over into
the timeless realm. When we lose our
“self” consciousness and become totally God conscious, we can find ourselves in
another dimension. We can exist in two
places at once. Just as electrons in
our body blink in and out of this dimension, so we can be in the heavenly realm
and the earthly at the same time. The
heavenly realm is so expansive that consciousness is heightened just by a
momentary visit. Perception is altered
with a split second of presence. There’s
a knowing without striving; it is a quality of the place.
I cannot make this happen, it happens when I lose myself in
worship. It’s like the two e-mail
addresses somehow getting confused. What
solely belonged to the other Victoria, became mine. I had access to information usually hidden,
due to one “chance” aberration. Because
of that, I could meet my “other namesake.”
She had information I had no access to, except for the permission she
granted me.
We are Jesus’ other namesake. He has marked us with his name. There is a place in the Spirit where we two
can become one. In this place, our
thoughts will become His and the intents of His heart are made known to
us. I am asking for an increased
capacity to be fully comfortable in that realm, so I can stay and learn more of
what He wants me to know. There are so
many wonderful dimensions to this amazing God of ours. Just as “one touch from the King changes
everything,” so one moment in His presence, can release a depth of revelation
that goes beyond words, but gives understanding of things too wonderful to express
adequately.
