Healing

I have recently just experienced Gods love and ability to heal tangibly for the first time ever in my life. Through this experience I now have an increased hunger and thirst for more of God.

“for you can’t hunger or thirst for something in which you’ve never tasted before”

This quote was spoken over me through one of our morning classes, and its so true. You can’t crave something you’ve never had before, its how our brain works.

if your craving a pretzel its probably because you’ve tasted pretzels before, same thing with the Holy Spirit. Once you have tasted and or experienced the Holy Spirit you will forever be changed and also have a newfound hunger for it.

the testimony of how I got to experience this for the first time was when we were all playing soccer at the apartments. The first rule of soccer is no shoes, the second rule is play at night, and third rule is to keep it away from the person in the middle. sounds pretty simple yeah? so this is where it gets fun.

we usually start in the front yard where we are having to avoid cars, tables, chairs etc. Then we typically migrate to the backyard where theres more room and where there happens to be less lighting. For me I tend to get very into the game and become very competitive. I remember chasing the ball very quickly into the darkness and I knew that there was someone running beside me, However I didn’t know if there was anyone else running. I charged toward the ball and then next thing I know I get slammed in the head and hit the ground. I could hear laughter around me but I wasn’t laughing, I was laying there internally scanning my body for any damages or bleeding. All I felt at this point in time was a headache and general collision pain. I then proceeded to go inside and lay down while they continued playing soccer. As I went inside I noticed that I had fluid flowing down my throat and immediately knew that it was my ear bleeding. I took my hearing aide out and was not surprised to find blood. I texted one of my friends whom was still playing outside and just let her know that my ear was bleeding.

A good chunk of time went by that I don’t remember much of most likely due to the head trauma faced, and I would eventually find out that infant it wasn’t a lot of time, but that time just felt much slower. After a little bit of time went by she received my text and came to check on me. then oddly the only thing I remember after that was that my roommate was cooking ground beef.

I remember my roommate and friend saying we should pray, and so we did.

Before I get into the next part I just want to mention that I have never experienced Gods healing tangibly, I have only ever experienced His peace within and His comfort in moments of anxiety.

As they began to pray and after a few moments I felt my teeth starting to chatter as if I was cold, which later I found out was the Holy Spirit. I felt such overwhelming presence of the lord and when they ended the prayer It was as if someone took their hand and wiped the pain across my forehead and ear away. I no longer get pain, I was all of a sudden thinking so clearly again, and I was frozen in awe. I was simply smiling and speechless as I both knew and didn’t know what just happened.

After a few moments I began to fill the Holy Spirit further more enter into my heart, where I felt a warmth and lightness accompanied by a bubbly laughter as an expression of joy in which I couldn’t contain. I found myself so affected by His love. I fully experienced the love that he has on my life, and most of all I received it. receiving love is the most important step in a relationship and thats all the lord wanted for me. Was to receive the love he has for me.