Thursday, March 11, 2010

coffee and headaches

So today when I was at work I had this awesome opportunity to pray for the lady who works the coffee cart. She told me that she had a migraine and it was hurting her really bad. I totally chickened out and walked away happy with my coffee. It’s rather frustrating to me knowing what God is capable of and knowing what I’ve seen him do right in front of my eyes and through my hands. I don’t know why there’s such a huge difference in my mind when I’m out on the mission field as opposed to my everyday life. It seems like lately I’ve been having one opportunity after the other to pray for those in need of healing. No matter where I go it keeps getting thrown in my face. I really need to learn not to put so much pressure on myself. My wife had a great suggestion that instead of just asking someone if they need prayer and making a kind of an awkward thing that I could just ask them along with a few other things I could do in the natural. So for example if the coffee ladies headache I could ask her “could I get you some aspirin, water or perhaps pray for you?” That way if prayer something that she would like, she could ask me for it. This way no pressure on me but the option is still out there. I know that eventually I will have to get a point where I can offer prayer for somebody without hesitation or trying to mask it behind something else but I think for now these baby steps are important after all you have to begin somewhere.

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