They are a bit late, but here are some blogs from the last few months….
Written
11-16-10
One day when I was a
pirate…..
I learned God’s
healing presence and power….
While out at a crusade I began to have a feeling in my left
eye that I knew. It started to become red, water, itch, and was very sensitive
to light. I knew what it was because I had the same experience in my right eye
in Romania. An eye infection….
So out came the bandana. I tied it over my left eye hoping
that it was cut down on the light sensitivity. In Romania I couldn’t open my
eyes while in light because they was so sensitive. And unfortunately this day
was no different. The bandana was a nice try- and quite stylish- but as we sat
at the crusade I found myself set apart and disengaged because I couldn’t open
my eyes to talk, smile, or be with others. It was a very odd feeling but in
that moment I was very thankful.
Thankful that I was able to see.
Thankful that I lived in a country
that my sight could be corrected.
Thankful
that the Lord would restore my vision.
Thankful
for the eyes to see in the physical realm and also the spiritual.
I spent my time at this crusade playing the thankful game — something I have
learned on the World Race.
The next day my eye got worse. Loma (the women we are
staying with) made me go to the doctor. But before we left as I laid in bed I
felt God tell me that this wasn’t my eye infection, this was intercession. It
was time to pray for someone else back home. Who? I didn’t know but then my
teammate Shawndell came up to me and said, “the Lord just told me your eye is
crying out for someone else.� Okay. Thank you God for confirmation.
Time to pray….
And just in that moment Loma came and got me for the doctor.
Side note: I love doctor’s diagnosis in other
countries….she looked at my eye and said, “oh that is VERY VERY bad.â€�
That was my diagnosis. I took that as an eye infection, she gave me eye drops
and we went home.
All I could do was lay down with my eye mask on. I couldn’t
read. I couldn’t write. I couldn’t watch
tv. I couldn’t do anything but pray and rest in God’s presence. This was
something God was calling me to this month — rest, but I was still struggling
with at times. At this time, I didn’t have a choice.
So I rested.
Fast forward 3 days and we are currently in a very remote
village at a 4 day crusade.
My eye is not any better.
I’ve used antibiotic eye drops for 3 days now and no change.
I awoke in my tent frustrated
and cried out …
“Lord why have you not healed my eye? In Romania when this
happened to my right eye you healed it within 24 hours, why are you not healing
it this time? You make promises to heal, I know you are my great Physician,
please heal my eye Lord.�
I heard a very gentle
response.
“Megan, have you noticed how still you have been in the last
few days? Have you noticed the work I’m doing in your heart? I’m not
withholding from you. Have you asked others to pray for your eye? And have you
interceded for the person your eye is crying out for? I love you Megan.�
Oh…..well, no I
haven’t asked others or interceded…..
I went to the doctor
got eye drops and figured those would do the trick.
I pushed aside what the Lord had asked me to do and waited
for the eye drops to bring healing. I half-heartedly prayed to God during the
previous 3 days but in my heart I wasn’t believing that He would come through.
I thought that Romania was a one time occurrence, surely He couldn’t heal my
other eye…..
Oh how I was wrong.
I went and asked two friends to pray for my eye and then
spent an hour praying and interceding for friends back home that my eye was
crying out for.
Three hours later….
My eye was
HEALED!
No more pain. No more redness. No more watering. No more
headache. No more hiding from the sun.
Three hours earlier the sun stung my eye and I had to wear a
hat, sunglasses, and stay in the shade. But now, I sat outside at a crusade
sitting with children in my lap underneath
the sun! Thank you God!
It’s amazing that God chose to heal both of my eyes — my
right eye in Romania and left eye in Malawi — despite my disbelief and
distrust. My eyes have been physically healed but this has also been a part of
spiritual healing. I feel like my eyes were made new to who God is. The pain
that I was feeling in my eyes I felt at times in terms of God. I didn’t fully
trust Him. I didn’t fully believe he was faithful. But if there are two things
He is speaking to me this month it is that —
He is trustworthy and
He is faithful.
Thank you God for
giving me new sight.
Your blood is enough to brek EVERY chain(song — Vicky
Beching, Deliverer). So why do we stay chained up? Why do I sit in my old
stuff?
