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Stone Pillows

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Genesis 28:11 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put  them for  his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. Sorry, I love the King James Version.  I was listening to a R.C. Sproul sermon the other week and he mentioned that he had several revelation-like experiences when crossing over from non-belief to belief in Christ when a young man in college. His story in that way is similar to mine. I had several experiences in my late teens which convinced me of the Truth of Christianity. I don't intend to detail them here but supernatural revelations restructured my understanding of reality. I didn't think my way to faith. My thinking was changed however by these encounters with God. R.C. mentioned this story from Genesis 28:11. With Jacob, the Old Testament Patriarch, he's a mommy's boy. Doesn't leave the tents. Domestic. He's an usurper of his brothe