Day 24

         WOW!  I am getting this started early tonight!  I am finding that my boldness is growing as I walk this out.  I got to class this morning and on my way in I saw a man sitting on a couch reading.  I noticed he had a cane which is something you don't see on a college campus very often.  After setting my things down at the desk, I walked back out of the classroom without even thinking.  This in itself is a huge triumph, the doing it without thinking part I mean. I went out there and bluntly asked him what had happened, stumbling over my words the entire way, and I am sure sounding like a complete idiot.
        He told me he was a soldier with the Army in Iraq and was shot in the back in 2006, which left him paralyzed in the lower half of one of his legs.  I am not gonna lie, I had to fight back my thoughts and worries and just rely on God's Word which says that He heals, and it is His will to heal, all the time.  I explained that I believe that God heals through prayer and asked him if it would be alright if I prayed for him.  He agreed and said that he believed in God's power to heal as well and attended a church that also believed in healing. 
        I knelt down right there in that hallway and lifted his feet into my hands and began to pray. I prayed for a few minutes ( which felt like an eternity ).  People began to walk down the hall, and there I was on my knees holding this guys feet in the middle of Peck Hall.  My mind started to drift to self conscious thoughts, "What are they thinking? What does this look like?"  I had to struggle to keep my mind fixed on God and His healing power.  After a few more minutes we stopped praying. I asked him if he felt anything.  He took a seriously long time answering.
        I think he was looking for the right words so that my feelings wouldn't be hurt.  He gave me the standard, "I think this is a part of God's purpose for me and He will heal me when that has been fulfilled."  I'd be a liar if I said I wasn't disappointed.  I was.  Maybe I still am.  I know God has a plan, I know that this guy's class is next to mine every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from now until May.  I am also fairly willing to pray til I am blue in the face to see him healed ;O) So I suppose we will see!  God is good and He loves to do good things for His children and all He is waiting on is us.