Jesus had a special work for Ellen. She was to be a prophet. A prophet is one by whom God sends messages to His people. Jesus spoke to Ellen in visions. A vision is much like a dream. Here is one of her visions.
She dreamed that she was sad. She said: “How I wish I could see Jesus. If He were only upon this earth I would go to Him. I would tell Him all my troubles. He would help me, and I would always love and serve Him.”
In her dream she saw a door open. An angel came in. He said: “Do you wish to see Jesus? He is here, and you may see Him if you wish. Take everything you have and follow me.”
Ellen was happy. She gathered up her things and followed the angel. Soon they came to a steep stairway. As they started up the steps, the angel said: ‘ ‘Keep your eyes looking upward. Others have climbed this stairway. Some of them looked down. They grew dizzy and fell.”
When Ellen came to the last step, the angel said: “Leave all your things here.” He opened the door and told her to go in.
In a moment she stood before Jesus. His face was more beautiful than any she had ever before seen! His kind eyes were full of love. She saw His loving smile. Ellen knew that He loved her. He put His hand on her head. He said to her: “Fear not.”
The sound of His voice made her happy. She bowed before Him. When she arose, the eyes of Jesus were still upon her.
Then the angel opened the door. He said: “Now you may take your things again.”
The angel also gave Ellen a green cord and said to keep it close to her heart and whenever she wanted to see Jesus, she should take the cord and stretch it out. He warned her to use it often or it would get knotted and hard to use. She put the cord close to her heart like the angel said. Then she went down the narrow stairs.
Ellen knew that the green cord meant faith. We use our faith to let us see Jesus. We each can use that ‘green cord’ of faith. Try often to think about Jesus and learn from the Bible about him. Faith is when we believe that what the Bible tells us is true.
Ellen awoke from her dream. She thanked God for the beautiful dream. She prayed that Jesus would always smile upon her.
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