Among several significant signs in our ministry, feathers have been a re-occurring one which always serves to validate whatever is happening at the moment and increase the level of faith in the room.
Here is a recent story of a string of feather appearances.
A few weeks ago, I was talking with a young friend over a Mexican meal while showing him pictures in my phone of my personal experiences with feather signs. As I was telling the stories that accompany the pictures, a feather softly drifted down between us and landed on the edge of my glass. I pointed it out and we kept talking about feathers and what they meant. Shortly another feather about 1/4″ long drifted down between us, at which I licked my finger and caught it. He was impressed, to say the least. We continued talking about this type of ‘sign’, when not more than 5 minutes later a third feather about 1/2″ long drifted down between us. Again, I whet my finger and gave it to him. We were both amazed and delighted at the confirmation of Heaven’s approval.
Bear in mind that I want to be able to firmly believe what I’m seeing and saying, so I looked around the room and could not find any other feathers in the room, nor was there any evidence of birds or down-filled coats.
Well, less than a week later I was with Tim Nelson (director of Wilderness Prayer Center in Wells, MN) and we were driving in his pickup truck through the frigid cold and blowing snow. At the moment that we were talking about the supernatural breaking into the natural, a feather drifted down from his truck cab ceiling. We were both amazed at the timeliness of God.
Three days later I was speaking at the Upper Midwest Global Legacy Leaders Advance at Destiny Church in Rochester, MN where Rod Marquette is pastor. I began to ‘water’ the atmosphere with the testimonies of various signs manifestations… and exhort the leaders that we should have an expectation to see supernatural signs take place in these very gatherings. While I was speaking, several signs were observed and shared with those around.
– A gold colored flake appeared on a man’s hand.
– A feather floated down in front of a lady during worship.
– Gold dust covered both hands of a lady. She showed everyone.
– A feather appeared on the sleeve of a lady’s sweater. She showed many.
– A feather fell onto the sleeve of a man’s coat. He showed it to others.
– Several physical healings occurred during the meetings.
Needless to say, faith for the supernatural experienced a significant boost.
After the ‘Advance’ one of the leaders texted me saying that while they were driving home, when they ejected a CD from their player, a feather came out with the CD. Now, that is pretty cool because I’m not sure how that is even physically possible.
Then a few days later, when they cleaned the room where the ‘Advance’ meetings were held, they found over a dozen more feathers. Here’s the Facebook post from an elder of that church.
“Wendy was cleaning the church sanctuary and found these little white feathers from all over the room. The same ones that were appearing last Tuesday during the UMGL meetings. Papa God is so fun!” – Cecil Calvert
As you might guess somebody commented asking if they were from a down-filled coat… and honestly I would ask the same question. But Cecil commented that the feathers were from all over the room, not just in one place. There had been NO birds in this room. Here is a picture of the actual feathers.
And it doesn’t stop there. (Remember the room has now been cleaned) That following week during their school of ministry in the same room, three feathers were spotted as they fell near people during ministry time.
And… one of the students had a feather fall from the ceiling of his car while he was driving home from the ministry school that very evening.
Now I’m sure that for those who have never heard of feathers as a sign, you’ll likely have some legitimate and sincere questions. But in my history, feathers are a bonafide manifestation through which God encourages His people.
What do they mean? Well, Ps 91 says, “He will cover you with His feathers”. So… He is here! Or it could be an indicator that angelic help is present. But in the very least, it means Father wants us to know that His manifest presence is among us. And I’ll say Amen to that!
Thank You God, for the many times You break out of the unseen realm into the seen realm and use it to secure our hearts and our ways in You!
— MLH
Mark Hendrickson
Beyond the Map 