Today B-squad went to the giant Jesus statue that overlooks the capital city of Honduras. Upon reaching the statue, we had time to take pictures, eat lunch, and just have quiet time. I decided that I very much needed some Jesus time, so I found a spot in the shade, and began to doodle.
At one point, I randomly looked up at the statue from directly behind Jesus where I was sitting. As I looked up, I began to laugh to myself. The statue of Jesus has his arms spread wide, and from the angle of my view mixed with the clouds passing in just the right way, it looked as though Jesus was falling backwards. We have a joke on our team…Surprise Trust Fall.
Everyone knows what a trust fall is, if not it is a drill used in team-building exercises. One simply closes his/her eyes, spreads their arms wide, and falls backwards trusting the person behind them will catch them before they hit the ground. A surprise trust fall is the same thing, only the person catching has no warning that it is coming. Its gets a great laugh. My favorite is when Wade had me tape him doing it to one of the boys in Guatemala….except where normally one would struggle to catch him, the boy simply moved out of the way, allowing Wade to hit the ground…hard. It was funny to those of us watching.
Anyway, so here I am staring up as this giant statue of Jesus appears as though it is about to come crashing down on top of me. This of course triggered a thought….
Would I Catch Jesus In A Surprise Trust Fall?
I know He would catch me, He always does. But would I catch Him???
Not figuratively of course, I think I could catch Jesus if He fell next to me. However, I struggle daily with fully trusting Him in the little things, and sometimes the big stuff. Lately, my biggest struggle is healing. My own as well as other’s. So, while I sat there, I prayed and got lost in my own world.
A few hours later, we were heading out of the park and back to the bus. On the way out I stopped in my tracks as I saw a man on crutches hobbling on a very misshapen leg. As I watched, more than half of our squad pass right by him, my stomach flipped upside down. How am I supposed to walk past this man when our motto on the race is to heal the sick, feed the poor, etc…. How can I walk past a man who obviously needs healing.
I then saw Brandon (someone who I knewwww would stop and pray for him) walking, then he past him, then he came back passing him again. Then I saw 3 more people walk by. I finally gave up, with the language barrier and my "inexperience", I did not think I could pray for the man alone. I attempted to pass him, but immediately stopped. After 5 minutes of inner-turmoil I started to walk away with my team, until I turned around, only to see Brandon and Zeb waving me over.
I ran over, and we immediately began to pray healing over the man. After 5 minutes, Zeb said "I just got the words 3 days". Brandon had a huge smile, and began to thank God for healing the man.
Surprise Trust Fall Anyone???
3 Days? 3 Days! What does that mean!!
….For those of you that haven't figured this one out yet…….That means I have to trust God that in 3 later this man would be healed…………..
I would have to figuratively catch Jesus. I will never have any proof other than my faith that the man I met in the park was healed 3 days later. However, through lots of prayer, and venting sessions with my Beautiful Feet… I am slowly becoming a champ at surprise trust falls with the LORD.
