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God said, "Show Up and Tell the Story"

Tracy Dowdy • Aug 08, 2023

Something happened that we didn’t believe was possible.

On Wednesday, March 13, 2019, God showed up in our home in Baja California, Mexico, and revealed himself to Randal in a personal way through visions, miracles, prophecies, and the undeniable, inaudible voice of almighty God. We wrote a book about our story and make the attempt to explain what happened and the dramatic results. And yet, it is all so wonderfully inaccurate. Who can contain almighty God? Who can describe him? Who can capture but a glimpse of his glory, majesty, and holiness?

Randal has shared a couple of things about Jesus that neither of us knew before. The God he saw is not defined by the laws of physics—or by any laws. He does not fit into any box we try to create. No words in any language can adequately describe him; they simply do not exist. And at the same time . . . if anyone saw and experienced Jesus as he did, they would have no choice but to love him with every ounce of their being, down to the last subatomic particle. When you experience the height and depth and breadth of his love, it consumes you. As Paul wrote in Romans 11:33, “Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!”

I have heard Randal say many times, “If everybody could experience him as I did, everybody would want Jesus as their best friend. He would be the center of everyone’s lives, and the world would be a different place.” I didn’t have the privilege of experiencing Jesus in the way Randal did during God’s visit. However, as a witness, I can attest my husband’s supernatural encounter with God that has altered the course of his life and my life forever. Unfortunately, not everyone will experience Jesus in this way. And that’s why it’s important we tell our story as God requested. We may not be able to fully describe who Jesus is, but we can share our experiences with others and give them a glimpse of the love and joy that comes from knowing him.

Prior to God showing up, sharing our story to the world is not something we would ever consider doing. Our story is filled with brokenness. Randal and I have loved God most of our lives, but we were broken people who were disobedient to him. And still, unbeknownst to us, during the darkest times, he’s been there holding us up, propping us up, even though we've strayed, even though our journey and walk with him has gone back and forth. He’s always been there. Even when we didn’t hear him, he was there. And yet he showed up when we didn’t deserve it.

Randal and I were married eight years, divorced for five years, and have been back together for thirteen years. Even though we both believed in Jesus for most of our lives, we continued to struggle and never seemed to have stability in our marriage and family relationships. Our lives were filled with chaos, bankruptcies, lawsuits, mental illness from a traumatic brain injury, infidelity, shame, lost businesses, and the never-ending stress from trying to blend our family from our past failed marriages. Through all the chaos we endured throughout our lives —there was reason behind it, and when God supernaturally healed Randal, he also began healing me. God gave all of Randal’s days meaning, by showing him that even at his worst, he still had value. The bad days, the good days, the most terrible days, the greatest days of pain. He gave each one meaning. Why did he choose to reveal himself in this way and heal Randal? I’ve learned that everything is not for us to understand. God showed up and gave two very broken people many gifts and for us to give our children. He became Randal’s Dad when he lost his and really needed one. He did the same for me. He is a really good Papa who knows how to give good gifts to his children. He’s everybody’s Dad. That’s the story—that we have a really good Dad who gives good gifts to his children. It’s a story about a promise he made to me, a twelve-year-old hurting little girl who lost her brother and father to suicide in a three-week period and how he comforted and healed that pain. It’s about healing and redeeming us and restoring a broken marriage so we can create a new legacy through his miraculous intervention.

Our story is about glorifying God’s boundless love and his supernatural power to heal the brokenhearted and to have intimacy with every person on this earth. It’s about him being a Father to a fatherless world. That’s the beautiful love story that God wants us to tell, and you to know. It’s taken us a while to grasp it. We discovered that even though there’s so much tragedy and trauma in our story, God was there with us the whole time. And he is with you too. He may not show up in your house as he did literally in ours, but that doesn’t mean his presence isn’t there with you, showering you with blessings and hope, calling you to a purpose greater than yourself. Our Papa’s love is boundless. The Bible speaks of it, the cross demonstrates it.

No matter how broken you are; no matter how much you believe your life is messed up,

ruined; no matter how many mistakes you’ve made—God’s love covers them all. God’s love can

heal them all. God’s love can give purpose to them all. Today joy pours from our hearts. We are living the days he ordained for us. Nothing is greater. Thank you for all the gifts you give us and continue to give us, Father. You truly are a good, good Papa.

To read our entire story, you can find our book, Beyond Impossible on Amazon.

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Parallels of the Times

By Randal Dowdy • 12 Apr, 2024

After my quiet time this morning, the first thing on my to-do list was transcribing day 1435 from my journal. I begin numbering the days since the shekinah glory of the Lord descended on our home, which lasted for ten days in March 2019. About two months after the encounter, the Lord began speaking to me about future events and has continued to do so. During the last five years, the theme of the Lord’s words has not changed. If we do not repent as a nation, he, in his goodness and love, will bring judgment on our land. In reading the second and third chapters of Jeremiah this morning, I could not help but think about the parallels of the times. As God brought judgment on Israel, he will bring judgment on the United States. We have forgotten God. “Yet my people have forgotten me, days without number.” Jeremiah 2:32b We have sought evil, not goodness. Our gods are idols of money, things, power, and status. “Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have changed their glory for worthless idols. Be appalled at this, O heavens, and shudder with great horror.” Declares the Lord. Jeremiah 2: 11-12 God has often told me, “Your country as you know it is no more.” God, in his love, will bring judgment on our land, but it will not last forever. “I will frown on you no longer, for I am merciful, declares the Lord. I will not be angry forever. Only acknowledge your guilt.” Jeremiah 3:11 excerpt On the 13 th of February 2023, the Lord said, “I have heard your praise. My courts sing my praise as you sing my praise. I, the Lord God, am worthy of all praise. A man desires to prophesy, but does he listen to my voice when I speak? Do the people listen to the words I give them? No, they laugh and mock, refusing to believe words so grand, words full of wonder and truth from the Lord on High. Those who do not listen will perish—the folly of their unfaithfulness their downfall. Why do my people not listen? Why do my teachers not speak against the evil before them? Why do they not cast it to the pit by the mighty name of the Lord God, Jesus, on high? Their ignorance will be called out; their leaders will be held accountable for their lack of faithfulness to the truth of my word. My word, the word of Almighty God, has been polluted, distorted, cast aside, and thrown into the dung heap. My heart weeps. I have no choice. I, the Lord, must act. I will lay waste to the idols man has worshiped, to the cities built in honor of themselves. Parents have not told their children. Such is the way of wickedness. Such is the way that fools follow the foolhardy. Parents will be held accountable for their children; they will be held accountable for themselves. I, the Lord, made them. I, the Lord, made all things to bring honor and glory to me, to have my creation sing of my goodness and faithfulness. I, the Lord, did this for the fellowship of man. I, the Lord, made all that is, the stars, the heavens, and all that is in them to bring me glory, for man to see that there is one greater than he. I have healed the sick in my faithfulness. I have pulled man from the pit of death in my faithfulness, in the love I have for every man and creature I have created. Has man marveled at my wonder? Do they see the mighty works of my hand and know that one exists greater than them? No! They have squandered my faithfulness for the lusts of the flesh, for the temporary pleasures born of the evil one. Eyes have been blinded in numbers unseen for all creation. Yet I, the Lord, patiently wait for man to look to me, to look to the love and faithfulness that created them. But they look not. They look upon themselves with wonder at the things they have created with the hands I have given them. They have shouted their praise, not praise to the Lord. When cities fall, and the earth has washed away under their feet, will they cry out to me? O, they will cry out. They will cry out and curse the God of judgment, the God who has brought calamity to their land. They will raise their hand as it falls to the depths of the earth, never to be raised again. This is the thing I, the Lord, must do. Can wickedness exist with holiness? My cloak will not be stained with the ignorance of the wicked. I, the Lord, will not have that. I, the Lord, deserve none of it. But I, the Lord, will hear those whose hearts cry to me in repentance. Those whose eyes see what their pride has brought them, why their arrogance has rested pain on their doorstep. They will cry out to me, and I will listen, for I am a good God. I, the Lord, will gather them to my bosom and protect them. I, the Lord, will shield them under my wing as disaster unseen falls upon the land. Cities will burn, and houses will crumble; herds and flocks will hunger and thirst, looking for land to graze and water not found. My people, young and old, will understand that there is but one God, and I am he. There is one God who can shelter and feed them, but one God who can save them from the storm born of mercy. There is one God, and I am he, the Lord God Almighty, who saves.”

The Time Is Upon You

By Randal Dowdy • 03 Apr, 2024

On March 8th, 2022 the Lord gave me these words. "The time is upon you. I have had my fill. Man says there is no God. If there is a God, where is he? My voice will thunder, declaring my praise. Mountains will tremble, seas will roar, a song by my mouth and true to my glory. Watch the hand of the Lord shake the foundations of the earth. Watch as I, the Lord, declare my presence and authority. Watch! Is love not declared in my authority? If not, then where is it found? Is it found where no caring exists? Where there is no heart for others? Is love found when widows starve, when children go hungry? Is love found when man thirsts for water, the means of existence? Man does not find love in these places. Only the love of the Lord is found. Do men full of the world's wealth care about the fatherless, those in need? Do they look upon them in their squalor and weep? They sit in high places of their own making, not caring to see beyond their selfish desires born out of deceit and wickedness. I, the Lord, have had my fill of their gluttony and perversion. Can their might save them in the presence of their maker? They will be turned to dust, those I have chosen. Others will repent as they behold the hand of the Holy One. I say I have had my fill. My people are slaughtered by wickedness, those not caring to believe that a God who judges looks upon their deeds in disgust. Their eyes will see the destruction of idols, those things their evil hearts have exalted above me. The one who gave his all out of love. The one who gives each breath they take. Who cares for their children? Those forgotten in their misery. Those sold to men for profit. Those sold by vile men to inflict pain and misery in abuse of the weak. I, the Lord, care! I, the Lord, spew them from my mouth. I, the Lord, will show my hand of thunder to them. Striking them blows from which they cannot recover. I, the Lord, will crush their wickedness.” “My people, those forgotten by man. Those who suffer on account of me will see the hand of the Lord fall on their oppressors, never to rise again. The oppressed will see their God, see their protector. They will see the one whom they have cried to for justice. The one who holds their tears. They will see their tears filling the lungs of their oppressors, drowning in the misery they have brought. They will see the love of the Lord born of the authority He carries. They will see the love of the one who has not forgotten. The one who loves them without end.“I say repent if you are guilty. Repent if your heart is vile. Repent of idols born of self, born of the treasure of an evil world. Repent if you have led others astray. Repent of your sin. Call out to the one who gave it all, who has the power to cleanse you. Call to the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Those who slumber wake up. Those who blind their eyes to suffering open them. Hear the words of the Lord. Bow low in their presence. Tremble at their authority. Have peace in the love that surrounds them. Have peace in the love of Him who speaks to them. See the lord of love. Worship Him, for He is your King.