Well I almost missed my 24 hour deadline today! Tonight I was with my son at his karate class. My son's instructor's instructor - his grand instructor - was teaching the class about etiquette, protocol and manners. About 20 minutes into the class, I noticed the instructors ankles looked malformed and his feet were purple. I thought to myself, "Here's your guy, Cara!" I even watched him as he struggled to get up and down from the floor at one part during the class. I thought to myself at the end of class I will just go up and ask him if he would mind if I prayed for him. I wasn't even nervous! I went back to studying my book and waited til what would have been the end of class. At about 20 minutes after what should have been the end of my son's class, his instructor realized it was getting late and dismissed any of the younger kids that needed to leave. My son (10 y/o) looked at me with pleading eyes saying, "Please can we go?" I gave him the "no" nod. The scowl he returned made me keenly aware of his dissatisfaction! I had to wait until the end of class though or I would not have an opportunity to pray for the guest instructor. So I waited. My son had to sit patiently and listen to this guy talk about manners and such for about another 40 minutes. In my personal opinion, regardless of getting to pray for this guy and see God heal him, forcing Mason to listen to a lecture on manners and obedience was worth the waiting!
As class ended and I was beginning to chicken out, the guest instructor invited anyone with questions for him to stay after and ask them. As soon as one of the adults in the class walked up and started talking to him ( and I knew it was going to be a L-O-N-G converstation ) I saw my out! "I can't keep Mason out any later!" Total cop out! Excuses, excuses, excuses. But I went home without praying for him anyway.
Last night, while studying the Bible with Tiffany, we were reading Romans 5 and verses 18 and 19 just seemed to change my perspective. Since it seems to be relevant to my NYR I will share it with you. Yes, Adam's one sin brings condemnation for everyone, but Christ's one act of righeousness brings a right relationship with God and new life for everyone. Because one person disobeyed God, many became sinners. But because one other person obeyed God, many will be made righteous. (NLT) If we are supposed to live as Christ lived, could our acts of disobedience to God leave people where they are or push them farther away from Him. Through our acts of obedience to God can people be drawn closer to Him?
Something to think about.
After reading the Word and seeking the Lord tonight, I had somewhat resigned myself to give up the silly idea of writing a blog about God working in my life, especially in light of my earlier failure. I came upstairs to look up some information about a conference in August and was on Facebook when a friend from Nebraska caught me and said hey. It was 11:49pm. She said she wasn't feeling good because of an allergic reaction. With new resolve I told my friend Barb about my NYR and about how I dropped the ball earlier. I asked her if I could pray for her healing because I still had 11 minutes remaining on 1/3/11! We began to pray and the precious Spirit of the Lord began to move. We spoke Isaiah 53 over Facebook, Certainly He hath born our sickness and carried our pains and with His wounds we are healed. In less than ten minutes the itchiness and redness from the allergic reaction were almost completely gone. By 12:09am the symptoms including a stuffy nose and head had completely dissipated! Glory to God!
He really is faithful! After we finished praying I decided I needed to sit down and start writing this out. This is going to be an Amazing journey with an Amazing God and I don't want to forget a single minute of it!
Love,
Cara
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