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

[Linda Mentink via Faith-talk]

Hi Christine,

Thanks for sharing this. May God bless you for your faithfulness in prayer!

Blessings,

Linda

At 12:00 AM 5/15/2014, you wrote:
>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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