Slough JUNE 2017
Tattoo it on your heart
One time in the shopping centre I came across a lovely young lady from (Eastern Europe?) name “Clara” and we got talking. She was very perceptive and obviously interested in people and she genuinely wanted to know what I was doing. I explained to her about showing people the goodness of God as I meet them in the streets or wherever! She had a good way with words and used the analogy of how people in love just shine and that was how I came across from my passion for God. I shared some of my testimony and she was intrigued. She said I should do a TED talk sometime!
Anyway….i asked her if there was anything at all she would like me to pray for her and she spoke about a very personal issue to do with gender identity. – it was so brave of her to tell me that as a complete stranger but she was more than willing for me to pray for her. She listened intently to the words I prayed and said that some of them in particular meant a lot to her and brought her a lot of reassurance and confidence for the future. I gave her one of my cards and asked her to contact me anytime if she would like to. It was a really lovely encounter and I pray that Holy Spirit leads that precious one on into further revelation of who the Father is and what He has done for her personally to reveal his love.
I came across “L” again –he’s the one doing crazy marathons and intense fitness stuff who I had prayed for previously. He had a problem this time with his Achilles tendon and general ankle area. I offered to pray and he was fine about that . I just pointed to the area in his ankle and released healing commands over it.. He said that he could feel “energy” in there, like it was warm and tingling. He tried it out and after another prayer he said it was much better. Barely a niggle in it. He still thinks it’s “the universe” or that energy stuff that’s responsible but I did say that it was Jesus alone who had done that. We parted cheerily and I went on my way.
PS I saw “L” a couple of weeks later and he said he was going to the doctor about his Achilles. It was "sticking" in places and troubling him. I felt disappointed that he hadn’t had a complete and established healing from when I had prayed for him before but I know he did experience something of God’s power as I prayed for him that day and I know i need to press on and not let any discouragement hold me back.
I also prayed for a youngish guy Rich (not homeless but quite rough-life looking) who had a crutch beside him as he sat on the bench. Her said he had sciatic problems from years ago and his back was really messed up (pain scale 10!) He was quite limited in his ability to explain things clearly but he allowed me to pray for him and he did receive some relief – probably about a third better. I saw him later in the street and he said it was actually feeling easier… though I could see it was not fully healed. Rejoicing at some healing but longing to see full release from pain.Time for me to persevere and not be deterred.
End of June – I popped into Slough though I wasn’t feeling great, really tired... but I was determined to go in to town after dropping the bread at the shelter. Things were really slow and I didn’t find it easy to make connection with anyone. I guess my boldness factor was quite low - physical weariness??) even if I wanted to push through.
Eventually I went into a homeware shop and overheard one of the assistants talking to another assistant about pain in her wrist. She had a kind of support bandage onher wrist The shop wasn’t busy at that point so I went up and said I wasn’t trying to be nosey but couldn’t help hearing her talk about her sore wrist and asked what was the matter with it? She was perfectly okay about me asking though she didn’t know what was wrong with it. I explained about praying for people and see God take their pain away and the other assistant said there was someone at her relative's factory who did that too!. Anyway she let me pray for her and after the first time the pain didn’t really change but then after the next two times it went down gradually until she said it’s okay now. It’s fine!. Hopefully she meant it as I did say I wanted her to be completely honest and not be nice to me! Short and sweet.
Next the other assistant sat on the stool and told me all kinds of things she had wrong with her – especially pain in her knees and trouble in her hands especially one where a finger didn’t straighten out properly.
I prayed for her knees first and nothing much changed first time but then she had some relief after the next time though only by a third. It stayed about that level and she kept saying she had a particularly complicated situation in her knees and knew she would have to have surgery. I did the best I could and with her hand too. The crooked finger didn’t really change but she was really grateful for me praying and was hoping that the effect of my prayers would continue the rest of the day and even further. I will hopefully pop in on the two ladies again as I think they may be regular staff in that shop.
I saw some good stuff though not as much as I would have liked. It feels like I'm in a particular phase of needing to persevere through tougher situations and so I will with Holy Spirit’s help!
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