“The disciples woke him up, shouting, “Master, Master we’re going to drown!” So Jesus rebuked the wind and the raging waves. The storm stopped and all was calm!” Luke 8:24
Friday, I read this while reading a daily devotion about giving up all control to Christ because He can calm us during all of the storms in our lives. It was perfect as a small storm was coming my way that night; however, He had it all under control.
Friday night around 11:30 I started shivering uncontrollably out of nowhere. My head hurt and whole body was stiff. Around 5 a.m. I took my temperature finally when one of my teammates was awake. My temperature was 102.5. I started crying out of fear of not knowing what to do and not wanting to go to the hospital. Also, Friday was the day all of the women in the day program here were going to have a party and a slumber party which had been discussed for the past month. I didn’t want to miss it.
My squad leader told me we should wait on the hospital, take some medicine, and pray. She prayed my fever would go away and that I would get some rest. I kept praying Jesus I know you can heal me, so please heal me. I finally, after being up all night, got two hours of rest and woke up with no fever!
Later on in the day, I noticed my fever was coming back around 5:30. It kept slowly rising again. I asked my team mate Tayo If I should go to worship with the women because I was sick. I didn’t know if I should, but I wanted to. Tayo laughed saying of course you should, you’ll get healed there. So I went.
Cameron, my team leader, asked all of the women to pray for me before worship started. The group of about 25 beautiful women gathered around me, laying their hands on me, and began to pray in Spanish. I kept praying Jesus, I have faith in you being able to heal me. As they were praying, my entire body broke out in sweat, literally my whole body (Yes, I know gross!).
My fever broke at that moment, and I was healed!
Christ is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. In Matthew 9:28 Christ was healing the blind and the mute. Before He healed them he asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They replied Yes, Lord.
Then I started thinking about certain things. I know Christ can heal my sickness, but that is making him out to be small. I am praying Christ transforms the men in Nicaragua to respecting women. I am praying He takes away sexual exploitation of all forms from this country. I am praying the women in the day program complete the program and don’t go back to their lives on the streets to sell their bodies. I believe He can do that. I ask you to pray for those things along with me.
