Today marks month 10!
January 11, 2019 in my journal is written:
Lord you are calling me to RISE. To help those around me to rise up. Lord help me to seek out the ones that need to feel your touch and your amazing love again. Lord I pray that you will be lifted high and your name will be famous! On the eve of a journey to awaken and encourage this nation, will you surround me and my team with your loving arms! Amen.
October 11th, 2019
I have seen God answer every single one of my prayers in the last 10 months.
This year my word has been rise, and I have had many opportunity to rise in my confidence, rise in my knowledge of God’s word, rise above my weakness and rise up and out of shame. I have had many chances to see the Holy Spirit guide me to rise up and talk to strangers and offer an encouragement. I have step out of my comfort zone by praying for people in grocery stores, parks, gas stations pretty much where ever the Holy Spirit may be leading.
Over the months, I’ve learned that I have a voice, and that I struggle to believe that its a worthy voice. I have learned about the power of prayer, and how important each part of the Body of Christ really is.
I have tried to run. Years ago I thought I would take up running. I had heard many people talk about how freeing it is or how it could release stress. So I would come home from work, change into my work out clothes, strap in my cell phone in a fitness strap and pop in my head phones. Through a running app, I would find a pace I could keep and started with a mile. I’ll spare you the sweaty details but I would come back feel like I would run another mile, but I did not. As many of you know its important to get and endurance built up and slowly increase the distance.
Ok, ok enough with the running lessons, I am finding this to be a parallel to my life. Exchanging sweat and miles for tears and lessons learned. I realize that I, like so many, get stuck in trying to get to the finish line, that we forget to enjoy the journey that is set before us. Forgetting to set a pace that will allow myself to finish strong and with endurance to keep going. Instead, not sure about you, but I find myself wiped out and more exhausted than ever before. This is not the way God is asking us to run. But some how, we have allowed the devil to set in our minds that we must finish “first” or “make to the finish line” to find peace, joy and love. But the God of all is saying to find a pace that is only yours, and He will be your peace, joy and love. WHOA!!
Since I started running, I developed plantar fasciitis, which is inflammation of a thick band of tissue that connects the heel bone to the toes. This causes a stabbing pain near the heel. Making it very painful to walk on the following morning after a run. So over the years, I have given up running and tried varies methods to get around the pain. I have ask for prayer for my foot from time to time, never believing that it would be healed or that my minor (not so minor) foot pain, was low on God’s list of healing. But this year has been different, I have challenged myself to RISE above and start believing for my healing to come.
A week or so ago, while walking down some stairs and fell landing pretty hard on my butt with a popping of some kind happening in my lower back. Anyways, I have been treating all the issues and had pain in my back and tailbone. Adding that to the already pain in my foot, now I had a bruised tailbone and a back that was out of alignment.
The other night we got a chance to attend the Bethel Music Victory tour. After about an hour of powerful worship and Holy spirit just pouring over us all. I believe it was Brandon Lake, that called for anyone that was in any sort of physical pain to raise hands, and for those around that did not have hands up, to go and pray for them, to be the church. So my teammate Lynna, and many others started praying over me. I shared with Lynna about my foot, and my back, and she put her hands on my foot while others laying hands on my back and shoulders. As I stood there with a heart fully surrendered and open hands to receive. I felt heat, and release. In the moment I was about 80% sure it was healed, I couldn’t tell truly because I had been on my feet all day.
This morning, when I woke up and took a step, there was NO PAIN. I experienced healing in my body. To test it out a little, I wore my sandals that always make my foot hurt because of poor support. I wore them for about 3 or 4 hours today still NO PAIN!! PRAISE GOD FOR I AM A LIVING TESTIMONY OF HEALING!! Even my back issues have gone away!
I am going to be keep claiming this VICTORY and in about a week I am going to try to run again! Setting a pace that is causes me to gain endurance rather than sprint and burn out.
I am so grateful to have this World Race America trip to be part of my story.
I have about a month left on this amazing journey in US!
Here are my prayer request ??
1. To be fully funded ???? before this is over
2. That I can start running again ????
3. Strength to endure, and finish this time well??????????
Thank you for praying with me.
