JESUS then told me:"TAKE THE STAFF AND GO INTO CHICAGO." JESUS specified that it was to be cut from a living tree, and be green and full of sap, and be cut cleanly at shoulder height. It was to be unadorned, and not to be marked, painted or varnished.I was then led to walk into a woods and go down a horse path until I found the place I'd seen in the vision of 1972. Seeing the tree shewn me in 19721 tried to cut it down with a pocket knife but the wood was too hard. I marked the tree with a white cloth and while walking down the path I talked to the Lord about how I could not cut down a tree in the forest preserve, as it belonged to the state. JESUS replied:, "I AM HE WHO CREATED ALL OF THIS." That settled it! I learned later that it was a wild cherry wood tree. Returning with a saw, I cut and trimmed it. Taking it home,I was led to anoint it with oil and set it aside. As it turned out, the forest preserve would cut a wide swath along the horse path widening it, so this tree would have been cut down anyway.
