The Kingdom of Heaven is like . . .
a boomerang.
When you release the goodness of the Kingdom in the lives of others . . .
it comes back to you.
One day last week I walked down the stairs of LEC, my language school here in PP. As I was passing by an empty classroom I noticed one of my former teachers was lying on the cool, tile floor, her shirt under her head, and the fan blowing on her. I ducked my head into the classroom, “Chuu (sick), eh?” I asked. “Jaa, Chuu.” (yes, sick). Immediately my heart broke for her as I could tell she was miserable. She had been vomiting that morning.
All the teachers where I learn Khmer are young people in their 20’s like me. Most of them are Christians, but several of them are seeking still feeling the tension and pull of their families to hold onto old Buddhist traditions. This particular teacher is one who is seeking. As I sat listening to her symptoms and the story of how she became sick, I felt strongly in my spirit I should pray for her.
I asked if I could pray for her in the Name of Jesus that he would make her well. By this time two other teachers who are Christians had joined me on the floor. We surrounded our sister. We laid hands on her and we prayed to Jesus and asked for healing. After praying I asked her how she felt. She said she felt a little better. At first I wasn’t sure by the look on her face if she really did feel better. I was wondering if maybe we should pray for her again, but as we continued to sit and talk about the Lord Jesus, her face began to change. And then she got up. She walked down stairs with us saying she felt better!
So today after class I walked down stairs to the common room where all the teachers sit if they are not teaching. We talked and laughed and joked with one another, but I didn’t feel very well. For days my stomach has given me problems. I asked the teachers if they would pray for me that my stomach would feel better because I was a little “Chuu bpua” (sick to my stomach). I asked for prayer, but wasn’t really expecting what happened next. The teachers gathered around- even my precious, seeking, friend from the week before who was sick- they laid hands on me right there and all prayed out-loud at the same time, asking Jesus to come and heal me!
Kingdom.
