The fog is our ancestor coming to visit

It was my privilege to attend a Warrior Circle of Native American men. One of the group, who is part Sheshone and a story teller; was telling us that when the fog roles in, it is our ancestors coming to visit.

This week the fog has been unusually thick over this region. So thick it has not lifted all day in many places. After reflecting on the story of the fog and what it means to many Native people, it occurred to me. “We are surrounded by a Great Cloud of witnesses”. The revelation was so strong it overwhelmed my senses.

We have heard many prophetic words spoken over this region and isn’t it true that God often sends confirmation in the natural? First was His voice declaring, “This is My Beloved Son in whom I am will pleased”. And then came the Dove. Likewise my view of the fog changed as I now feel the confirming sense that just as the fog surrounds us, so too we are surrounded by a Great Cloud of witnesses. This is the fact of The Creator’s word being confirmed through nature.

What has been spoken into the atmosphere regarding The Creator’s love and intentions for this region are not whimsical, or wishful thinking of a few well intended individuals. The same one who said, “Let there be light”. Is the same one today who says, “Cascadia, Puget Sound, Northwest, Be Healed, I am gathering you under the shelter of My wings, as a hen gathers her chicks. In Me is the safety, salvation, justice and freedom I will give you”.

When our Native brothers and sister encountered the Creator in their day to day lives, they used the only frame of reference they had to put into words what they experienced. What came first the story of the ancestors coming in the fog or the revelation they were surround by a great cloud of witnesses? They lived Bible truth before the Book of Heaven was ever presented to them. This is why many First Nation people accepted the teachings of Bible readily because they were already living its truths. It was only when religion came to destroy their open hearts that they turned away from the message. Just as throughout history their have been the Pharaoh, Herods, and Hitlers who wanted to destroy an entire race so to the trickster, the enemy of our souls that old serpent has worked to destroy God’s people of Turtle Island.

Thankfully we are being given new ears and new eyes to hear, see and learn. This is what The Creator wanted our First Nation brothers and sisters to teach. He wanted them to teach us about His ways and their walk with Him. This is what was in His heart five hundred years ago.

We look and welcome the fog, it is our ancestors surrounding us.