There is a woman who sits on the dirty old road in between two food stands with a basket in hopes of receiving money at the Wednesday market here in Malaysia.
I'm not quite sure but i think she might be blind.
I have seen her both Wednesdays, stared at her and wished i could help.
Both times i could hear God saying “Go sit next to her.”
Both times i’ve ignored him.
My group and I are scoping out the place trying to find the best deal for food because we are on worldrace budget ($1.35 per meal)
ohh, thats looks good.
ohh, i like this.
ohh, can we stop by that stand?
and i just go with the flow meanwhile i know what my heart wants.
I want to go sit next to that woman.
I never shared this but i should have(Going back two months):
We sat in the Haiti chapel and discussed awesome stories about how God speaks to us and in the midst of this conversation I see a woman walk in and sit down in the very back. As i looked at her, i knew something was wrong. I needed to pray for this woman but i doubted it and figured it was just me, but my heart kept leaning towards her and God kept telling me to go over to her. I got up smiled at her, and figured she didn't know any english and blurted out “Can i pray for you?” (in a very poor version of Creole.. it probably sounded like gibberish) She smiled at me, nodded yes and we prayed. I finished up, gave her a hug, and went back to my seat.
God said; “No, you are not finished.”
so,I shot up out of my chair and ran over to the translator and asked him to ask Chantel if everything was okay. was she sick at all? Was there anything at all she needed me to pray for in specific?
She told him “Yes,I have cancer and im dyeing.”
I immediately started weeping!
The Lord had sent me over to pray healing over her body. He had let me know she was sick as soon as she entered the building.
What if i hadn't listened? What if i just thought it was me thinking foolish thoughts and decided to ignore it? Chantel would have missed out on Gods magnificent healing and i would have missed out on Gods wonder. I would have never gotten the chance to see first hand how God works. My faith wouldn't have been strengthened.
I know what happens when i listen to God, miracles! Still i choose to go with the flow sometimes. I still get caught up in the hustle and bustle and in my own desires and needs. I get so caught up the task at hand that i think it's okay to leave what the Lord says to do for another day.
I don't want to get too caught up in the flow of things that im blinded to the people around me. I don't want to look at someone and wish I could help. I want to stop EVERYTIME to take the time out to love someone.
Love is a universal language that is well understand by everyone.
Go to someone and ask how their day is.
Ask them how they are feeling and listen.
Preach the word by simply stopping and taking the timeout to listen, to embrace someone, to hold a hand or wipe a tear.
You have the gift of love and I guarantee love is needed a whole lot more then anything else you could ever give them.
I don't want to walk down another market,street,town,city or any place and walk past people who are crying out for love. I can’t walk past another homeless man or woman look at them and desperately wish i could sit next to them but instead i choose to go along with the hurried pace, knowing that God wants me to do the opposite, to take the time to sit with the people he loves.
I don't want to miss out on what God has because of silliness, he’s far to magnificent.
This wed. i’ll be seated next to a woman who sits on a dirty old road and even if nothing is said, I know love will always speak much louder then words.
Take the time out to love the people you walk past…they matter too!
Love you guys. Thank you so much for the support. God has been doing wonderful things here in Malaysia.
keep my teamates and I in your prayers weve all been getting sick and our stomachs aren't to great right now
The toilet seat is our new favorite chair…
