Fred Blom:
CLASS OF 1974

Menahga High SchoolClass of 1974
Menahga, MN
Sherburn High SchoolClass of 1974
Sherburn, MN
Fred's Story
Seven Proofs
August, 2024 Testimonial (Be Inspired!)
When I was eight I had absolutely no concept of God. It wasn’t until my guardian showed up. It was Pastor Peterson traveling sixty miles every Sunday, just for me. His prayer and following through on the answer, that ran parallel to what had happen to me was life changing not only to me, but to him also. I remember Pastor being so excited about the event that happened to me and the answer he received from his prayer. It was actually Mrs. Peterson that gave the instruction on the third day of pastor’s prayer. “What a beautiful day God has made, was given to me at four years old and for whatever reason I went around saying this to everyone and everything, still do! I only knew God had something to do with where I lived.
Now to the one or perhaps several, that had the question of showing ways that I think heaven is closer than you think. So, here are seven of many things happening in my life! My challenge back at you is to go to a church or listen to some gospel singing and see if the Holy Spirit pulls at your heart strings! If this is what it takes for you to accept Jesus Christ as your savior, than here it is! I have survived death twenty-five times or more for some reason! Maybe the reason is you! I am here for you!
1. The beautiful music coming over the trees and the scary words spoken out of the dark at age eight. I was punished, for a footstool falling off a load of junk. I decided to run away from home in the dark. Then being stopped from running away, by a very large something in the middle of the road, in the middle of the night. The closes neighbor was four miles away, but I was treated to music I had never heard before. After the music got so close, I heard a voice over my head say, “In three days a guardian will come to instruct you! In three days a Pastor from the Assembly of God church showed up and drove sixty miles every Sunday to get me, help me and be my guardian. His prayer and this event moved his life to a new level. This event has kept me from almost all music, except gospel. Compelled strongly!
2. The pillar of light appearing in the middle of the night and staying for hours, until I decided I had to go touch it. My wife told me to not go near it and surely not touch it! So the extraordinary part was yet to come. The next day when I was driving steel posts in the ground with a steel post driver and I drove a post right through a 220 volt cable. The ground exploded into a fifteen inch depth by a thirty-six in circle, in gravel. The electrician that came had a life changing experience, just as I did.
3. Sitting in a chair formation after falling about thirty feet down a silo chute. In the possible hundred foot fall, the farmer I was working with was changed forever, as well as his family, friends and of course me. He started to lower the silage unloader, which made the cord hit me and cause my fall. “Mercy Father is all I said! All he could think of was to brace his body in the bottom of the chute to keep me from hitting the concrete. When I didn’t arrive in a short bit, he looked up to total amazement. I felt the free flow fall and coming to a setting stop, but all I felt was an up rushing wind to catch me. To feel, yourself falling faster and faster with air rushing by and then a stronger rush of air coming up the chute to counter the fall, well all I have is praise to my Heavenly Father.
4. I praise God often and pray while I may be doing some kind of work. On a particular year we were beginning to fill silage into a silo. I had to unhook from the blower and take the tractor to be filled with gas. As I was standing by the hub of the rear tractor wheel I prayed, “Father protect us this day from all that may harm us, both the seen and unseen! At that short moment I reached for the tractor door and stepped up on the ladder to enter the cab. At that split second the Holstein bull plowed its head into the tractor hub, throwing me into cab seat. If I had been standing there for one more second in the front of the tractor hub, I would not be here today. The beast lay there for a long time. After the explanation to the two farmers I worked for, I received a couple of hugs of great gratitude. Here were two more people that believed in God, but held our Heavenly Father at a mystic distance, as most do. The beast seemed to recover, but was sold because of high risk. A split second between life and death!
5. You may think that these quick briefs explained so far are hard to understand. Many, many things that have happened are no doubt just for me or perhaps a connection at some future point to another. I say this, because God is very mathematical. (Timing) Yor Heavenly Father wants many good things for us, but he also wants there to be no doubt that it is he, who provides the miracles. I went into a severe snow storm to bring propane gas to some very poor people. They were on the do not delivery list, so I ended up paying for the gas until they were able to repay me. Then I returned to town after a very difficult time. As I walked home, trying to follow the street, I missed my corner and ended up walking down the sidewalk. Deep and difficult! I bumped into an old lady, which I didn’t even see until I bumped into her. I wanted to walk the street, which was easier, but ended up walking the sidewalk or this would never had happened. Bad weather! She was totally going into the opposite direction of where she lived. I will shorten this up a bit! Got her home, to her husband in a wheel chair. Totally exhausted as I was practically carrying her too. They gave me a prayer, because they had nothing else to give! This prayer was and is gold! That ...Expand for more
night my soul left my body! Say what? Three nights straight this happened. I rode in a little cloud and I tell you, that there is nothing better on the face of this earth! To see your body lying there, apparently sleeping! I was shown a number of things. Now this was in 1983! The hair on my neck wants to stand up, as I see these things coming to be! (These are prophesies)
A. Gambling that would destroy economies.
B. Cage fighting, that would have a great impact on the mental functions. Sports and sporting functions that would rule people’s hearts.
C. Disruptions of world governments. Wars started from greed! The inability to work together.
D. Poverty that would level countries.
E. Countries destroyed so badly, you could see for miles over the rubble.
F. Death inflicted on countries, like people have no values.
G. Heat so intense, it would just burn up everything around.
H. Destructive weather, so severe, that only the very faithful could remain sane.
6. Walking with my wife through a national park on a nice trail seems like a quiet and safe excursion, right? In the distance of about two hundred yards, barely able to see a man and a dog. Suddenly the dog with a deep rumbling bark/growl came running towards us. It was nonstop in sound and movement. Now my wife is terrified of dogs from a childhood experience. “What will we do, she asked? That dog is big and mad! “Stand behind me and we will let the hand of God protect us. “What, she replied! “Father, let thy hand shadow over us, I asked! I was slightly bent forward with my wife behind me. I held one hand on her and the other pointed forward at the beast. As it came closer, I saw it was a pit-bull, muscular and mad. At a full run it came to a sliding halt, about three feet away and it was starring above us. After a short few seconds it turned around and went racing and whimpering back up the trail. I looked over my right shoulder and saw nothing but blinding light. I had to turn away quickly, because it was too bright. I looked back over my left shoulder to the view of the setting sun in the west. It was about five o’clock, so that made sense. I turned back around to the other side and all that could be seen was a big pine tree. The blinding light was gone. We walked all the way up the path and found a big dog lying at a man’s feet still whimpering. My wife questioned the safety from the dog all the way up the path and past the beast. “That dog is too terrified to do anything, I replied! What was in that bright light, we both questioned? What did the dog see?
7. On a two lane road have you ever thought of the opposing car crossing over into your lane? The day after a big snow storm with snow piled high on both side of the road and I mean like seven or eight feet. The road appeared to be dry and of good condition. The traffic speed was easily fifty-five mph when suddenly; the oncoming car went into a spiral. It was spinning around like a top and in fast rotations. There was no room for me to get over any further to the right. The snow was way above the car. “Father, have mercy, I whispered! The car was gradually getting further on my side of the road. The rotation was just perfect as the car passed. A tick on my mirror was all that happened. I watched the car pass and continue to rotate. It was completely in my lane and maybe a little onto my shoulder. I came to a stop and watched to see the results in my mirror. Finally the car slowed way down and proceeded on. “Father, thank you for your mercy, I offered! I looked around as if to see some invisible force. How many times have I been protected and it’s the invisible hand of God?
2 Kings 6:14-17 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.15And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, a host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
16And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. 17And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Think that Heaven is far away? An army of angles was watching over the two men? Every day I would like to be a little more like Elisha! Do you want an army of heaven to be sent to watch over you?
Romans 6:24-28 24For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? 25But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. 26Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. 28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Mark 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, what things so ever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Make a heart glad! One church! One God! Heaven Is Closer than You Think (All book sales are donated to free book giveaways or food pantries) thank you! Full testimonials are in the four volume series. See Face book monthly for Heaven Is Closer Than You Think. (Monthly inspirational testimonials) Prayers and questions can be sent to: dustyroadfred gmail.com
Love in Christ!
Fred Blom
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