Faith Increased

As I continue on this great adventure that God has called me to I am learning so much every day. Its honestly hard sometimes to sit and write blogs because I feel that so much is happening and God is speaking so much that I dont even know where to begin in my blogs.

 

Something that I have been pondering lately is how much my Faith has been increased over the last 3 months. I remember arriving at training camp willing to see God move…open to seeing God heal people and lives changed before my eyes….but if I’m honest…I was okay if I didnt see those things…because I didnt really believe in my heart that they would. Dont get me wrong I believe 100% my God is a healer, a restorer, a redeemer of the broken and lost, I just had never had a first hand experience where I saw anyone physically healed or delivered or raised from the dead. I believed…but I thought it would be for someone else to see….someone who wasn’t me…and deep down I wasn’t okay with that so my prayers for increased faith began at training camp- God increase my faith, that I can be a witness to your greatness in healings and miraculous moments….God I want to see you move in HUGE ways….I want to believe you are capable of anything I ask in your name and that when I walk in step with you Lord…that you hear my prayers and they can move mountains because they are so powerful….

 

As I prayed…I felt my belief grow…as I talked with other believers who had witnessed healings and incredible miracles first hand I was encouraged and excited by what I heard….my faith began to grow a little more…

 

 

 

Leslie is from Michigan (Go Buckeyes!), she’s on my September squad, but not on my team, she is on team Shabach. This past month I had the awesome opportunity to lead not only my team Liberators but also join with the females of Team X-Stream, and Team Shabach. Leslie is an incredible woman who I am daily encouraged by and am so privileged to know.  She is such a strong woman, she never fails to give an encouraging word and you know you can depend on her no matter what is asked of her . Check out her blog here: www.leslieredman.theworldrace.org

 

About a week and a half ago Leslie and I, along with a few other teammates Chelsea, Tara, and Kathleen were riding in the van coming back from hiking at a “monkey park”…yes we hiked in a local park full of local monkeys 🙂

On the ride back Chelsea noticed that Leslie was making funny faces and squinting out the window, we all looked back at her and asked what was up. She said…well my left eye’s vision just got really blurry. It was fine earlier but when I close my right eye my vision is really fuzzy. We all thought that was weird and said sorry and kept on talking and singing in the car. As the ride continued I noticed her squinting again and asked her if it was still blurry. She said that it was and then Chelsea said, “well Leslie can we pray for your eye to be healed?” Leslie said of course!

In that moment, I felt the same attitude I’d had from training camp, okay God…Your will be done…if you want to heal her sweet…but I doubt that you do because well Ive never seen it happen so I’m not going to get my hopes up in case you dont show up….

wow what a feeling of defeat….as Chelsea began praying I was quickly reminded of this truth: My God IS healer, My God called Leslie to The World Race and does not desire her to complete it with vision in only one eye ball, who am I to limit the God that created the heavens and the earth….as we prayed my faith began to increase…

When we were done praying, we asked her how her eye was…she said okay but still blurry so we all shrugged and said okay and then proceeded to continue singing our songs in the car. The most amazing thing happened though, instead of feeling defeated, I was full of faith, I knew that God was still in control and had Leslie in His hands….

 

In that moment I was baffled…I was overjoyed….I was overwhelmed with how incredible our God is….even in my battle with unbelief God showed up and in a big way…to some this story may be a very small thing…but for me…it was HUGE….since that day my Faith has been increased….I have confidence that my prayers have power and that has truly transformed the way that I pray.

 

 

We complete debrief and leave for Thailand tomorrow…please keep our team in your prayers, our whole squad will be spending the month together, pray for unity over our entire team and leadership! God is so good 🙂