Friday, January 20, 2017
3:26 AM
A couple years ago I was filled with the Holy Spirit. I started to see people the way God saw them and words came to me to tell them. It was amazing starting to hear Gods voice everywhere I went but it took me until now to build up the boldness to talk to strangers.
I had given friends or people that I kinda knew the words that God wanted them to hear but when it came to talking to strangers I felt so scared of the rejection they might give me that I didn’t tell them. I wish I could have gained the boldness earlier to tell those people that God pointed out to me what he wanted them to know. However, right here and right now I can change that by not caring about rejection and just going up to strangers and praying for them. God started to speak to me more and more before the new year about not being afraid of talking to people and on the way over to get my tattoo that came into action.
Libby and I decided to take a trike over to the tattoo place (don’t worry it was very clean!) and so we got in and sat for a minute talking about my tattoo when the trike driver started asking us questions. Now I have gotten many questions about being American, my age, if I like the new president, and I have even had some people try to set me up with a family member. So it wasn’t a surprise when we were getting asked questions about why we were here. We asked what his name was and he told us it was Alex, we continued to talk about what we were doing here when he told us that he was prophesied over that he was going to be a missionary. All of a sudden I started to ask him questions and just tell him the things that God was speaking through me while Libby sat next to me and prayed. We asked if we could pray over him and he pulled over. In that moment God showed me that being bold isn’t as scary as it is made out to be.
After that day I started having people stand out to me and words came pouring into my head for them. When we got to the mountains our ministry was working at the Snack Shack which helps to support and build preschools for the surrounding area. Each time I came to work I would see someone standing outside and sometimes I went running over to pray over them before they left. Each day someone new, each day new words and prayers. I’m not saying that every person I prayed for was accepting of prayer and I even had some people look at me weird and turn away but the next day God shows me a person who does take in every word that he puts in my head.
I still remember praying over a woman, who I later found out was mute, and inviting her to our movie night where she showed up with her family who told me that she couldn’t talk. There was another time when we went into town to get wifi, I wasn’t able to finish my lunch so Madaline told me to save it to give to someone on the street. As I held it I saw a man sitting on the side of the road begging. I immediately knelt down to give him the food but also to ask if I could pray over him. Libby and Madaline joined me with praying over him, before we left I looked into his eyes and saw tears and he simply said “God bless you.”
Sometimes I still feel so scared to go tell people about God or pray over them but then I remember those stories and realize that God puts these words in my head for a reason because those people need to hear them. They need to know that they have a Father who loves, cares, and listens to their cries. Be bold in your actions, ask God to show people to you, and never stop praying over people even if you get rejected because there will come a time when someone receives it.
