Not Okay
There
is nothing in the world quite like a good worship service. It is just one of
those things that always picks you up no matter what. Last weekend I went to an
amazing service with one of my closest friends and it was well worth it.
I
hadn’t been to a service in almost a year. I was having problems with the
pastor at the church I had been going to and I didn’t feel comfortable there
anymore so I stopped going all together. For a year I watched myself backslide
into a place no one should ever be in but that all changed when my bestie asked
me to hang out for a while. “We haven’t done anything in forever, why don’t you
come with me tonight?” I figures since I had nothing better to do and since I
wanted to go out anyway I would go with her. What could possibly go wrong? Well
nothing went wrong but a whole lot of things sure did go right!
For
me my faith is something that is just there. It is always under the surface
waiting for a chance to shine. That night I got the chance I had been waiting
for. The worship was purely amazing. Not a dry eye in the house. You could feel
the power of God and the Holy Spirit in the room and you knew no one would walk
out without being changed in some way. The preacher was incredible, a man that
has seen the most incredible miracles in the poorest parts of the world. He
preached healing and revival for two hours and after that it just got better.
When we went up for individual prayers and blessings my friend and I fought
over who should go first. I said she should go and she said I should go.
Finally David, the preacher, pulled me up onto the alter. He prayed for
physical, emotional and spiritual healing. We prayer together for a solid five
minutes letting God do his work. The spirit laid me flat on the ground and all
I could do was soak it all in.
My
best friend experienced the same thing. Like me David prayed with her and
without asking a single question he picked up on the things he could never
possibly know. It was truly a miracle. My friend, her grandmother, and I were
all completely healed. We feel better than we have ever felt in our lives.
Cancerous tumors, fibromyalgia, allergies, depression, anxiety, all gone in
God’s name. No one can understand if you have never been to a service where
such amazing miracles have happened. Some will claim it is all a hoax but I can
say this much. I know how I felt a week ago and I know how I feel now and there
is only one explanation for it. God is doing mighty things in my life and I
can’t wait to see what will happen next.
At
the end of the service I was standing with my friend and we were talking about
all that had just happened. Being slain in the spirit is a pretty amazing
feeling after all. A lady neither of us knew walked up to us as we were hugging
and praying together and she asked a pretty dumb question. “You girls okay?” No
lady we aren’t okay, how could we possibly be okay when God just healed fifty
people in front of our eyes!
