Thomas Ramey Watson, Ph.D.
I am an author, coach, counselor, scholar, and former English professor at the University of Colorado, Denver, as well as other universities, and Episcopal chaplain for the Auraria college campus. From an early age, I have experienced numerous prophetic dreams, visions, intuitions, words of wisdom, and divine visitations that pointed me to Jesus of the Gospels, rather than dogma or doctrine. Because of current worldwide conditions with false gospels that divide rather than unite, spreading everywhere, I feel called to bear witness to the insights I’ve gleaned from my inspirations. I embrace the special place of animals, especially dogs and cats, who have come into my life, as animals do in all our lives, to advance our souls’ development. God calls us to learn to be quiet and listen. And pass the tests put in our paths.
My own journey is one of many ordeals, wonders, and mystery. After another major car accident in April 2022, I was diagnosed with rare stage 4 cancer of the appendix and given 1-1 ½ years to live—with gruesome hot chemotherapy. Because I enjoyed two nights of identical divine visitations before my oncology appointment, I refused. Jesus, angels, a crowd of humans, and dozens of animals, mostly cats and dogs, some that I recognized as having been my own, appeared in my bedroom weaving in and out, as I was watching TV.
The Word, who spoke the world and all that is into being, promised me healing of body, mind, and soul. He left with the promise contained in one of his names, “Jehovah Jireh,” meaning “God will provide.” This was the name that God spoke to the Patriarch Abraham, who did not doubt the Lord or his special guidance, even when called to sacrifice his beloved firstborn, Isaac. Because Abraham was faithful, passing even this ultimate test, God supplied a ram instead—and blessed him in countless ways.
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To this day, three and a half years after my diagnosis, I remain largely asymptomatic, with mostly sporadic structural pains caused by earlier accidents. My doctors and others consider me an anomaly. To them I say, “My miracle holds.” I understand the meaning of dying in Christ, living in Christ—and rising in him.
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