Today we did our usual thing. We got into the trucks and left to a local village to do ministry. We drove about 30 minutes away and met with the pastor of the church in this village and some other members and split up into two groups to walk around and go house to house to pray over the people living there. We go out and do this pretty much everyday and everyday I get into my own head about how uncomfortable this makes me. I constantly have to prep and remind myself “this isn’t about me”, “I am a vessel for God”, “I’m here to share God’s love because I can’t keep his love for myself”.
We walked around and met some locals in their homes and tried to get to know them a little bit and then find out what they needed prayer for and prayed over them. Sometimes God gives us a word to pass on to them or a truth that he wants us to speak into his life. We know that not every house we go to God is going to immediately answer our prayers. But we remind ourselves that if we pray 100 prayers and God answers 1 prayer, is it worth it? YES! If we prayed 1,000 prayers this month we have seen and watched lives change and some don’t but we’ve planted the seed and its up to God and them to let it grow.
Today I met a woman named Sara and she knows God, she is Catholic. We had just finished praying over her and once we are done she looked at our team and said that she and the community was truly blessed and thankful to have us come and pray over them. Her eyes filled up with tears and they poured down her face, as I watched the impact of our simple visit had made on her. At this moment I broke inside, tears started to rush down my face and I couldn’t keep any emotion in. Immediately I felt God’s love for this woman. I went to give her a hug and before I did I grabbed her face looked into her eyes and said “God love’s you so much! He sent us here today to remind you that he loves you! I know we just met you but we love you too” then I gave her a big emotional hug and looked at her again and said “and don’t you forget it!”. My heart physically hurt knowing how much God loved her and how badly he wanted her to know, which made me cry even more as I walked away. I hope and pray that one day she truly knows the magnitude that God loves her, because today I felt it and that’s how he feels about all his children.
