yesterday i was enjoying a nice iced black tea, sweetened with vanilla and a splash of milk with a good friend of mine. this friend is a man in Christ, so i trust him with some of my most personal issues. we were discussing a topic that i feel God has been leading me towards and after about 30 minutes, my friend asked if he could pray for me...right there in starbucks!
i say all of this to express my amazement in people who are unashamed of God. to me, it takes a lot of courage to pray for somebody in a public place. to lay hands on them and audibly pray for them...when we listen to what God is asking us to do, we see results. we see God's love, grace and mercy.
it is so easy for us to bury God's desire for us out of fear of embarrassment or awkwardness. but God is talking to us and through us for a reason. for all i know, my friend's prayer over me was not intended for me, but for some observer in starbucks who may not know Christ.
listen and obey...He knows what He's doing.
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That's neat. I wish others knew how their examples impacted me. It's amazing the influence we can have.
ReplyDeleteWhen I turned twelve and entered into the youth program for girls in our church, I learned a theme that we recited every week. As I've grown older, the words in it really hit me hard "I am a daughter of a Heavenly Father who loves me, and I love him. I will stand as a witness of God at all times and in all things and in all places and I will strive to live the Young Women values, which are: Faith, Divine Nature, Individual Worth, Knowledge, Choice and Accountability, Good Works, Integrity and Virtue..." it goes on, but here I am ten years later still trying to remember these virtues and live by them and I can tell you that I wouldn't be able to do it without the examples and help from others along the way.