The Story of How I Got My Gibson Explorer (guitar)

June 21, 2012 by

I had the following conversation on Twitter recently with Big Shane Slade (@shaneawesome). It’s just such a great story about how I got my Gibson Explorer (pictured).

And yet it’s about so much more than that…

The Story of How I Got My Gibson Explorer (guitar):

(Each of these are the original tweets. I just randomly posted the first one and the conversation began)
 
Some days u just feel like pulling out the electric guitar. Did u know I have a purple Gibson Explorer? Might Instagram it this afternoon 🙂

@shaneawesome: @aheartforgod seriously? That’s awesome! < There's a whole spiritual story behind it, too (only with me) :)

@shaneawesome: [Can you share?]

@shaneawesome Well…I was in a Christian band in the late 80s. I felt like God asked me 2 lay it down. So I left the band… #testimonytime

@shaneawesome My fellow band members were brokenhearted. I hated that. They agreed I had 2 do what God wanted me 2 do…

@shaneawesome We had a great ministry going, but God wanted 2 have all of me. Music could not be an idol… #testimonytime

@shaneawesome Anyway, I was gone for a while. That’s when something interesting happened. (I so miss those guys)…

@shaneawesome God spoke to me. He said, Mike, you’re going back to the band 🙂 #testimonytime

@shaneawesome I thought, Naaaw. But I called up the bass player (&leader)&he confirmed it. He told me God spoke to him, 2

@shaneawesome Furthermore, he (the bass player) told me God had told him he was to give me his Les Paul #testimonytime

@shaneawesome We scheduled a meeting at a restaurant in San Jose 2
surprise the rest of the band (4 other guys&a gal singer) #testimonytime

@shaneawesome I hope I’m not boring you 🙂 #testimonytime

@shaneawesome: [No, please go on]

@shaneawesome They were so surprised (&jazzed) when I said, God wants me to come back to the band (as u might imagine) #testimonytime

@shaneawesome Anyway, that’s how I got my purple Gibson Explorer (&still have it 20 yrs later).I traded the Les Paul 4 it 🙂 #testimonytime

@shaneawesome I miss that band so much. God used us in incredible ways to preach the Gospel #Jesus #testimonytime #tears

RT @shaneawesome: @aheartforgod why not start another? < It's past my time (though God might speak to me again?) 🙂 You might also be interested in:

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Pastor Mike is making the most of web technologies to encourage disciples. A self-proclaimed “twitterholic,” one twitter follower describes him as the “jogging, blogging, tweeting Pastor.” Visits to Pastor Mike’s blog (A Heart For God) number in the hundreds of thousands. His video blogs have been viewed over a half a million times.