Sunday the day before Memorial Day (which happens to fall in Pentecost) God radically loved me. I was in Guatemala, at the house we were staying at and sitting on the ground by the couch. I looked at my legs and noticed what I have noticed for years…..one leg was shorter than the other, over an inch shorter. I have scoliosis and for well over a decade I have dealt with a lot of pain because of it. Since I have been on the race I haven’t been able to go to the chiropractor, and I actually stopped going this past summer because I was sick of the “quick fix” for a week, and after a week everything would slip back out of alignment. I said to myself I’m done, if My backs ever going to be fixed then God will do it. Couple months ago I heard God tell me that I would see my leg grow out this year. Fast forward to the other night, as I sat there looking at the difference in my leg lengths, the worse it’s ever been. At that moment God spoke to me and said “it’s time, I’m going to grow your leg out”. Without hesitation I asked if anyone would come pray to grow my leg out ( there was about 6 people in the room at the time). Someone said sure, but kept conversing with someone, so I asked again I said hey come pray for me. After about a minute of waiting, I said it one more time, “seriously come pray for me leg now”, at that moment I think they realized I was being serious. My buddy came over and grabbed my feet and started praying for me with LOVE (which is key) also two girls on my team were laying hands and praying for me also. I just kept visioning my leg growing out and saying Jesus over and over again. After about 30 seconds I realized something was happening, but wasn’t exactly sure what, about a minute into it, I said “yall I think it’s really growing out!”, few seconds later I said “it is,look!” Of course they saw it about the same time and everyone started laughing and praying with overcome joy, more people came into the room and about 10 people ended up watching it and witnessing my leg grow out over an inch probably about an inch and a half, all within a couple of minutes!! My God, the God of the universe loves me, he loves you, and he’s just waiting for us to expirence his love, and that comes in all forms. his love is supernatural, don’t put limitations on it.
We flew into Thailand yesterday, after 30 hours travling. My team and I found a hostel in Bangkok today and set up shop for a couple of days before we head to another city. We went across the street to grab some food. After we ordered we all sat down and hung out while we waited. The owner/cook brought our food out and we chowed down, he came back a little bit later and started making small talk with us with his broken English, and eventually ended up sitting down next to me. We all chatted with him, and after about 10 minutes I realized he wasn’t going anywhere, at that moment I knew it was a God appointment (he’s attracted to the light, that shines bright in the darkness). I started thinking of ways to shift the convo, so I asked what the shrine that was behind us was for (there’s shrines and idols where people sacrifice stuff on almost every corner in this city). He told me its to keep the ghost out so they can’t come around, I smiled and said that’s awesome, then proceeded to tell him that “ghost” and the darkness flees/leaves where ever I go because I have something big and bright inside me. He smiled and made some jokes because he Didint really understand. Then we started talking about his necklace that had Buddha on it, I asked him if that’s his God and he said yes. I said “do you talk to Buddha” he laughed and said “no no no, only the monks”. I told him that my God talks to me all the time and I talk to him also, just like a friend. He made a hand gesture and pretty much asked if I was some kind of monk and I said no, I don’t have to go through years of training and discipline to gain that kind of relationship. Then I felt the Lord tell me to ask if he had any pain, after trying to describe what I was saying he understood and said yes he has hurt his lower back recently real bad after trying to bend over and pick up something heavy. I said “can I pray for you and let my God heal you”. He kinda was shocked but eventually said yes. So I proceeded to lay hands on his back with my team and we prayed, commanded all pain to leave and asked Jesus just to love on him. I asked is it better? He kinda stood up and stretched his back out and said yes! Then he started to twist it and said “yes all pain gone”. I said praise Jesus! Then I started to tell him a little more about the gospel, and asked if he has ever heard of Jesus and he said no. I told him the God of the universe just healed you because he loves you so much, and sent us here to tell you and show you that. I told him Buddha can’t heal you, only Jesus! As we talked more he asked if he could heal people, and I told him anyone that has Jesus (the Holy Spirit) living inside of them can. He was very interested and a bit confused, since this is the first time he has ever heard of Jesus. We told him we were going to come back tomorrow for lunch again and asked if that would be alright, he said yes of course! As we got up to pay i told him to check his back again, and he stood up and said it went “Pop pop pop pop, it’s all better now” with a big smile on his face you couldn’t wipe off. We all chatted awhile more and ended up all laughing and becoming friends. God planted a major seed in this man today, and tomorrow God wants to do more, he will know who Jesus, the God of the Universe is……to be continued!
