I'd like to share with as many possible people a unique experience that happened to me about 15 years ago.

I was driving, on Christmas day, at night, to a friend's house in another state. At that time in my life I was asking myself all the big questions about what is the universe. (I still do to this day.) So, I was driving in my car and for some reason I decided to speak out loud to God instead of just running the thoughts through my head. I don't recall if was talking for one minute or fifteen. But the interesting point is what I remember finishing saying to God:

"If only people saw miracles like in the Bible more people would believe in you. But I know that's not going to happen."

In my mind I felt that was my conclusion. Then probably one second or less later a sound came out of my mouth. I thought to myself: "Why did I make that sound?" The peculiar thing about it that made me stop and think was, it wasn't a hum or whistle, but a sound similar to a word. The sound was like "Sabihono".

At this moment I wish to digress to show what probably played a factor into my awareness of this unusual moment. I had been reading the book "The Road Less Travelled" by M. Scott Peck. In one tiny paragraph he brought up the subject about speaking in tongues and I share his opinion that alot of people's speaking in tongues isn't sincere, but we keep an open mind to the possibility of it. That was all there was to my connection with the phenomenom. No big study going on. I just recalled it after that moment driving that Christmas night. Now back I go to that night.

So there I was thinking that that sound sounds like a word. I repeated it over and over. I didn't expect really anything much except I was super-duper curious. How unsual the circumstance of a sound blurting out of my mouth without any real kind of cause-and-effect that I could account for. I do remember thinking it sounded like a Spanish word. I knew about ten to twenty words in Spanish at the time and worked with a guy who knows Spanish.

I continued to my friend's place for a couple days visit and I remember her laughing at my story, which didn't suprise me. Even to this day I share my story and get some funny looks sometimes like maybe something is a little off center with me. Then I returned home and the first thing I did was go to the bookshelf. (I was staying in a friend's upstairs.) I figured I would find a Spanish dictionary because I knew his wife studied Spanish in college. I took a look and found the word: Sabihondo = Know-it-all. I was like "WOW". I was experiencing something I can't really put into words at that moment. I have asked many people who speak Spanish and to this day not one Spanish speaking person has said they know the word.

From that moment on to this day on occasion I ponder that time. The coolest possible thing that happened there? I made a bold statement that I knew what's up with God and his miracle business being closed. Then God responded with, what I sense as a little poke-in-the ribs fun, and I definetly don't think I can belittle it by saying there is a sense of humor in it, "Hey, I don't do miracles? Well here's a little miracle for you Know-it-all". A miracle. Out of all the words in the dictionary, in the Spanish language: I'm lead to the word "Know-it-all". There I was: "Hey God, I know you don't do that anymore." Then God opened my mouth and used my voice in a language I don't know: "Sabihondo".

There are so many questions and possibilites, and I have heard so many from all backrounds of people, that I don't want to try to list them. I do hope that people will respond though freely with their thoughts which I may have heard of in similiar fashion or I hope some new ones. The one more important question put to me from a person I told the story to is: "Why would God respond to you this way? Why you and not others?" My only reply is: I wasn't challenging God. I was sincere in my innocent but albeit shallow statement. I had been for so long searching for answers and at that moment I thought I came to a big conclusion. That's about it. I'm another human being. There it is though, that one second in my life when I opened my mouth and that sound came out. Fifteen years later, it's still in my mind affecting my life.

I do sometimes think it would be cool if something like that happened again. Then I think "why?" That one moment, that one sound still makes me very very happy. I'm cool with that God. Thank you.

I hope this story may help at least one of you out there in the world.