So if you see the blog below this one about me waxing my legs and you are wondering where is the video of it so we can all laugh at your pain, I tell you no worries, I waxed my legs and the video will be up shortly. However, before I upload the video I have an amazing story to tell ALL of you about God’s craziness.
In the past two weeks I have recently been getting involved with an amazing group of people who all attend the same house church and who all love to spend their time at the John Sevier Center in downtown Johnson City. What is the John Sevier Center you may ask? From my experience and explanations that have been given to me it is basically an old hotel that is now a like a halfway house where the mentally and physically disabled live. These people are given checks by the government through a complicated process that I do not understand; regardless, to put it lightly these people are very much alone and they desire relationships, or better yet- Love. So, this awesome house church has been cooking meals every Sunday delivering them door to door to the residents of John Sevier for about four years now. While delivering the meals we talk with them, laugh with them, cry with them, pray for them, and love on them through Christ. Even though I’ve only been involved for two weeks these two weeks have been miraculous!
The first week I was there I met this crazy dude by the name of Andy. I, along with my new friend Ethan, knocked on Andy’s door only to hear an EXTREMELY loud, rusty, and worn out “HELLO?! WHO THE CRAP IS AT MY DOOR?!” “It’s me, remember its Sunday? We are here with a lunch for you Andy, could you let us in?” responded Ethan. When the door opened it was not at all how I expected this man to look. He was definitely an older man with crazy grey hair and a long beard stretching down to his chest. He had tattoos on his arms and was in a wheelchair for he had but one leg. Still, what stood out to me the most was his skin, the blistering red skin covered in white looking scales that blanketed his entire body.
See, Andy has had this terrible skin rash/disease for over a month now that is incredibly painful and it drives him absolutely insane! To make matters worse the doctors said that it was incurable and the best he can do is put cream all over his body in order to slightly relieve the pain for an hour or so. Even worse! Andy was done, I mean done with life. He was so miserable he kept telling us that he just wanted to die and go home to God, that life was over for him, that there was no more hope. Ethan and I mourned with him and prayed for him so that he may find some sort of peace.
All day he was on mine and Ethan’s mind, and so we along with several other men prayed for Andy later that night at the house church.
Dear Lord, we pray for our brother Andy. That you may touch him and heal not only his skin but his heart. Reveal to him that you still love him and desire for him to spread your kingdom. Just heal him so that all glory may go to you. May this healing take place so that Andy may rejoice and abide in you Lord. Amen.
Right then I don’t know how to explain it but I just heard “He is healed. Do not worry Andy will be fine.” I was very unsure of what I just heard, but then it came again, “Yes, Andy is fine. Do not worry.”
I kept this to myself for I was thinking I was just crazy. Later that night I prayed for Andy again and there was that voice again! “I told you Andy was healed! Do not pray for healing but for thanks. The deed is done now rejoice!” So I told Bill, the pastor of the house church, that we must go see Andy next Sunday and explained to him why!
I prayed all week that I may run into Andy at the John Sevier Center next Sunday. So, today, which is Sunday, we walked over there with numerous lunches and all I could think about is how I hope to see Andy. Hahaha, right when we walked through the front door of the John Sevier Center we noticed there was a circle of people around someone. It was Andy!!! He trimmed up his beard and hair and had this HUGE smile on his face as everyone looked at him, at the miracle that was in front of their eyes. . . the incurable skin disease was gone! Just gone, no more, CURED! Do you get it?! God cured something incurable, God did the impossible, and He let us partake in such a loving miracle! Hahahaha, I'm just laughing at how crazy God is!
Andy is an entirely new person. He now glorifies God with every breath, he is so happy to be alive, he loves everyone, and he is now ministering to me. Prayer is powerful. This is just a glimpse of how God will use us on the World Race and I am super stoked. I truly don’t know what else to say but praise the Lord.
"I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it."
John 14:12-14
