A mental health doctor saw Jesus in close proximity when he least expected it, and the two words he heard change his life forever.
Dr. Grant Mullen
Dr. Grant is a Christian mental health doctor who aspires to help others overcome mental health issues, especially among Christians.
He wrote on his website, “…Christians suffer from depression in unique ways and they are often reluctant to accept medical treatment for these conditions. There is so much misunderstanding about psychiatry and mental health in the Christian world that I wrote and filmed “Moods” to help Christians understand what was going on in their thoughts and when they needed to see a doctor.”
Even though Dr. Grant is currently on a journey to help others overcome mental challenges, he himself had to go through one, too.
“My perspective on this totally changed though, when my wife and I hit a marriage crisis. We were falling apart and I couldn’t find a pill to put our relationship back together. We were both strong Christians yet that didn’t protect us from misunderstanding, frustration and rejection. Life became a continuous painful struggle with no light at the end of a dark tunnel. It didn’t take long for us to realize that we couldn’t fix ourselves,” he wrote in one of his blogs.
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Mental Health Doctor Sees Jesus
But his story didn’t begin smoothly. He admitted that he didn’t have a personal relationship with Jesus.
“I became a Christian because everyone else was. It just seems like the logical thing to do, because everyone else in my family were Christians. And it seemed to work with them. And so, I just believed all the right things said in the sinner’s prayer. So I had an intellectual relationship with God but I never had a heart experience,” he said in an interview.
For him, God was distant. He knew the right things to do, like reading the Bible and going to church. But it was all that and nothing more.
Then the mental health doctor saw Jesus in a vision.
“I was in a church service, and I actually had a picture which was totally new to me. A picture in my spirit. Jesus came right up to me and we were nose to nose. Like uncomfortably close. I’ve never had this experience before,” he said.
Then, God told him two words he would never forget.
“And He came right up to me, and He said two words that changed my life. He said, “Hello, Gant.”
“That may not be such a big deal, but it was huge to me because that was the first time I ever realized that He knew my first name! I never knew that He actually knew me personally. And he was actually interested in wanting to talk to me, that moment changed my life,” he added.
Mental Health Doctor Sees Jesus and Experiences the Father’s Heart
“I experienced the Father’s heart for me, which I never knew before. I just knew He loved me because it’s in the book. But when I actually experienced it, it changed me from the inside,” he said while recalling that memorable day of his life.
When asked if people can still experience things like what he experienced, he answered, “Jesus is waiting to connect with you and set you free on a personal level. More than you even want to be transformed. You don’t have to beg Him, He’s waiting to have that same face to face experience with you.”
“We teach people how to hear God for themselves and so they can actually have a personal connection. And go from head knowledge to heart experience,” he concluded.
Header image: Dr. Grant Mullen [Dr. Grant Mullen]. Facebook, 26 February 2022, https://www.facebook.com/191460608428/photos/pb.100063476503594.-2207520000./10159384649268429/?type=3
