I never really knew what to think about spiritual healing. I never saw it happen.Usually what came to mind was an extravagant preacher putting his hands on people, talking really loud, calling demons out of people, and people passing out. It sounds a little crazy. I know that God can make miracles happen, if that’s what He wants to do, but I never imagined I could be used to heal someone.
In month 1, I walked into the dorm room we were staying in, in Guatemala, and saw one of my squadmates sitting on the floor. She looked really upset and looked like she could use a hug. I stopped to talk and she told me how he back had been in a lot of pain for several weeks. She told me that it started before we launched and it wasn’t getting any better.
This is the point I looked around to see if there was anyone else there, but it was just me and Lynn. “Shoot!” I thought, I’m going to have to be the one to pray for her back!” Don’t get me wrong, I have no problem praying for someone. But I knew she needed healing and I just was not confident in my ability to pray in a way that would bring that to her.
I surrendered and knelt down next to her. I wrapped my arms around here and I started to pray. I prayed that God would heal her back and take away any pain so that she could continue to do the work He has for her to the best of her ability. In my head, I was asking God to please show up, because I can’t do it without Him. When I was done praying, I gave her one more squeeze and Told her that I hoped her back felt better.
I didn’t think much of it after that. The next day came and we had different ministries to go to. Later in the day, Lynn came up to me and gave me a hug. She said “Guess what! I don’t have any pain in my back anymore!” I couldn’t believe it! I didn’t know what to think.
This experience definitely taught me that God can do awesome things in my life and the things around me, if I would just surrender them to Him. So that is a new goal for the way I’m living. Surrender my life to God and let Him do His amazing work through me.
