Could you imagine waking up everyday with a headache? Day after day, everyday. Some so intense that they cause you to take to your bed just to find some relief from the pain.
Since the beginning of the race the Lord has blessed be with a wonderful friend and teammate Chris Bondurant. Chris has endured headaches her whole life. Her wonderful parents tried every doctor possible, to try to relieve the pain, yet nothing worked. No doctor or medicine could ease the pain.
Chris awed me with her faith and her declaration the God was going heal her of her headaches. I have always understood that God heals our hearts and helps us overcome trials and tribulations, yet physical healing was only something I read about in the Bible.
From month one as a team we prayed for healing for Chris. We didn’t really see any improvement or indication that it was the Lords will for her to be healed. Honestly it was frustrating because here I was praying over and over for something I wasn’t even sure I understood or believed.
The night before Easter I found myself sitting in our group worship time, pondering, spacing out, thinking, all the same, when I heard the Lord tell me that Chris needed to ask the entire group for prayer and that all 55 plus of us needed to pray together. Okay I thought I knew what I needed to do, go tell, her. Wrong, before I knew it she stood up and asked the group for prayer to heal her headaches. Then all of us together all at once circled Chris and asked our Father to heal her of these horrible headaches. This was my exact prayer “Lord I have prayed this prayer many times, what is your will? Please heal here now Father, please! She only wants to glorify You.” Then I heard Him whisper “It is done, Tomorrow she will wake up with out a headache, now go tell her”. Fear took over; God is this real, am I really suppose to tell her she is healed. What if I am wrong and I am giving her false hope. I can’t give her false hope, what if I am wrong? God got louder, “Tell her now, don’t you trust me?” It was this internal battle with my flesh of protecting Chris from disappointment and myself from looking like an idiot. God got louder “Go and tell her what I told you Monique”. At this point I was in tears because I knew I couldn’t ignore this. I found Chris and with tears of fear, I told her that the next day she would wake up with out a headache, and that she was healed. I also apologized over and over if I was wrong.
I avoid Chris the whole next day. She didn’t say anything so I figured the worse. It wasn’t until evening did she tell me she didn’t have a headache all day. Today it has been nine days since she has had a headache. Glory to God! He healed her!
God had two purposes for these events to take place the way they did, in my life. To show me how much He trusts me and to build my faith in Him to increadible levels. Did He need me to tell her that? No absolutely not, He allowed me to be apart of something I didn’t understand to understand His glory and majesty, so that I can confidently walk in boldness in the things He has commanded me to do. When He tells me to move or to speak I go and do! It is the God of the universe commanding me. God healed Chris that Easter morning, how sweet is that? The day our Savior rose again, He chose to forever heal her, showing His power, His unfailing love, His majesty, His Glory, His goodness to His children. He is the King of Kings and nothing is impossible with Him!
Chris is currently writing a blog when she is done I will post a link to her page! Ahh God is so good!
