[Faith-talk] Prayer in public: a blessing instead of a bother

[Maureen Pranghofer via Faith-talk]

Hi
How wonderful, this is encouraging, thank you.
Maureen


-----Original Message----- 
From: Christine Olivares via Faith-talk
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 12:00 AM
To: faith-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Faith-talk] Prayer in public: a blessing instead of a bother

Hello everyone,
I thought I would share an experience that happened to me yesterday. I had 
to have eye surgery since I have congenital glaucoma in both eyes. My 
pressure was too high in the left eye, so a new procedure was done to try to 
lower it. I am no stranger to surgery in the least.

Since this was an outpatient procedure, my family and I went out to lunch. 
While I was in the bathroom washing my hands, my mom was talking to a very 
nice lady. This lady saw the patch on my eye and asked what happened. My mom 
and I told her, and she asked if I would mind if she prayed for me. I was so 
overjoyed because I have never had someone offer to do that in public 
before. I really needed that encouragement because this surgery was my 22nd 
surgery, so imagine the frustration! something happened while I was prayed 
for. She placed her hand on my shoulder and prayed for a few minutes. after 
she was finished, I offered to pray for her. At first, she didn’t know what 
to say because I get the impression she goes around praying for others but 
doesn’t get prayed for herself.  She was so happy that she was also thought 
of as well. After we prayed for each other, we both felt amazing.

This experience really made me think about myself. I realize I focus on 
myself too much always wanting people to pray for me and such. I have always 
loved praying for people but was never bold enough to do it in public with 
the laying-on-of-hands. I realized God is calling me to do this for those 
who wish it. The way she asked me and talked to me was so refreshing. There 
was no pity there; she was just being compassionate and that’s the important 
thing. When we offer to pray over others, we never do it out of pity, and we 
always ask the person what we can pray for. That way, if that person doesn’t 
want physical healing, we know exactly what he/she wants. I encourage people 
to be a blessing to others by either praying with them or going out of your 
way to be kind. I know how much I was blessed yesterday, so be a blessing to 
others because you will be blessed as well!

god bless,
Christine
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