I was at this rental community where I was asked to work in to reorganize the office and coordinate the clean up of the appearance of the community. Needing some exercise I decided to walk around and introduce my self to the tenants that were waiting for their children to arrive in a bus from the local school. I was talking to one lady as the bus pulled up and noticed a young child about 6 or 7 with braces on both of her legs. Quite a beautiful child with a smile that would melt any ones heart. I noticed the difficulty she was having getting off the bus and it broke my heart. She hobbled up to the lady I was talking to and cheerfully greeted her mother. I asked "who are you little girl?" She replied "I am Samantha, Are you God?"
This really took me by surprise and the mother sheepishly replied that she has been praying to God to heal her daughter so that she would not have to wear braces any more due to a birth defect. The doctors had said when she was born, she would never be able to walk but she does get around ok with the braces. The little girl spoke up and said "Mommy said that one day God would come to visit me and take away the braces". I was speechless but I felt the urge to say that some day He will do exactly that in due time and God does love you. He will not forget you. Needless to say she seemed a bit sad when I told her I was not God but I said I will include her in my prayers to God. The mother appeared to get tears in her eyes and said thanks for saying that. I didn't know how much that would mean to her. She said it seems that her prayers are not getting through. I told her yes her prayers do get through but it helps if more pray for Samantha. The mother asked if I was a pastor and I said no but I do believe that God can do miracles when the time is right.
As I drove of back to the office I felt compassion and anger that God would let this child suffer and asked Him to have compassion for Samantha and her family and grant this beautiful child her wish. This was one of the rare times when I wished I had the gift of healing through God's grace. Perhaps some day I may but I have to first get out of the desert I now feel trapped in.
2 comments:
What a display of faith by the child's mother...To tell her daughter that one day, God will visit her and take away those braces..."
It's hard to understand why some prayers are not answered. But one thing is for sure, the mother-daughter are being used by the Lord to share the kind of faith they have. Perhaps, touching others who don't know God. Praying that she is healed in Jesus' Name and doesn't need the braces anymore. God bless.
RCUBEs:
Yes the mother does seem to have faith. Definitely more than I have.
I felt compeled to ask her if I could pray for Little Samantha's healing right there but I felt it was the wrong place to do that and the wrong time.
Plus I didn't think my prayers would help or I would build up hope for them and nothing would happen.
So the question I ask myself is how much faith do I really have?
Had I trully had faith, I would know that through God's grace, that child would have been healed right there on the spot with my prayers but that was not the case.
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