Well, this morning did not start off all that fantastic. I struggled with the decision on whether or not to go to our weekly prayer meeting today or to go home and get started on my homework. I had pretty much made up my mind to skip the meeting and study because I had so many deadlines bearing down on me. At the last minute I realized that this half hour would probably be the only half hour that I could set aside for the Lord today and that I better go because I had committed to minister to both Wednesday and Thursday nights at my church. What I don't have, I can't give out. Plus, spending time with the Lord always helps me bring down my stress level.
After prayer I went ahead and went to lunch with Donna and Peggy and then I had to run into the office supply store to UPS some documents for my internship. While I was in there waiting to be helped I happened to notice that the store manager was walking with a great deal of difficulty. As she was finishing up with my order, I explained that I noticed that she was having difficulty walking. I asked her if I could pray for her. I waited for her to finish with all of her other customers and then we went to some chairs and we prayed.
Her pain level dropped from a 10 down to a 3 in less than two minutes. We prayed again and the pain had left. She was in tears and couldn't believe that I would take the time to pray with her. She was amazed that God loved her so much that He didn't want to see her in pain. I got to encourage her in her new and growing relationship with the Lord. What a blessing for me!
After that I must have had two or three other people ask me to pray with them via facebook and text messages and phone calls for healing. I was still feeling incredibly drained and worn out and like there wasn't much of me left, but because I spent that time with Him today I was able to be a blessing despite the way that I felt.
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