In a place where many are disgusted by the sights, the smells, and the overwhelming noise level, a place where many may wish their senses away, it was here that God chose to show me more of His beauty, His love, His heart.
Yes, it was in Mumbai, India where I was blessed to see His beauty like never before, His moment stopping, tears falling, heart moving, peace filling incredible beauty… beauty so brilliant, so pure, so powerful, all I could do was soak in it, and cry while speaking Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy… Oh HOLY!!!! I experienced this beauty, saw this amazing love, almost amusingly, on a night focused on praying for others eyes to be opened, the eyes of a community of blind men…. Oh how He had a different, but beautiful plan….
Have you ever been moved by beauty? Moved to the point of tears? Sitting in a dark room, illuminated by a dangling and dim lit solitary light bulb, I was moved to tears by God’s beautiful presence. I was moved to tears as I watched thirty blind Indian men listen intently and hungrily to a message God had for them, a message sent to touch their hearts powerfully. Oh, how his presence flooded that room, the beauty surrounded everything, words just lack in describing… Everything in me, cried out in praise! It was incredibly powerful.
Each man, each son of our living God, each brother in Christ, received prayer that night individually. Jehovah Rafah moved in each heart, touching each intimately like only he knows how to do… Grown men teared up, others talked about how good they felt… It was beautiful, powerfully beautiful. It was Him and it brought me to tears. Our God is magnificent. The Holy Spirit rested there in that room, in each heart so powerfully. I wondered in awe how incredible it must be for a blind man to sense God’s presence, if I myself with un-heightened senses, was nearly immobilized by his abounding love and peace.
Looking back at this night, I can’t help but laugh… How I started off the night so expectant of eyes to see, blind men to see… Little did I know all of us would see, would walk away with a deeper realization of His unfathomable love and beauty. It’s almost as if seeing His beauty that night has opened my eyes to seeing His beauty all around me… I see and feel it more deeply than I ever have before, to the degree that I tear up when I see a homeless woman getting her nails done, because I see Him working in her heart.
This experience along with others has changed me, it has altered my prayers. Even when praying for healing, my main intention now is for whoever I am praying for to encounter an intimate connection with our Abba, for the Holy Spirit to flood through them, and rest in love on their hearts. It is this love that changes everything! Everything! His love is the most beautiful thing I know and it is from knowing this love that there is hope, joy, faith and strength! His love is more than enough!
