Ciutelec
Yesterday was Ciutelec day. We head to an orphanage, they call it an "old people's home," for the elderly and handicapped and do a worship service and then hand out cookies and serve coffee. There were 2 things I noticed yesterday.
1. They looked really old - more old than usual. 2. One of the handicapped adults was different. I've been praying for him. He's usually everywhere, doesn't really know what's going on but is able to get the fact that coffee is served at the end! He's the first to come and shake our hands, only speaks Hungarian and is probably in his late 30's. Over the past few weeks as I've seen him the verses from Luke 8:26-39 keep coming to my heart. No, I'm saying this guy was demon possessed but I think there are some similarities. Both seemed "crazy" by their society right? So last week I started praying that God would do the same to this man as he did to this guy in Luke 8. That this guy at Ciutelec would be healed in his mind, that he would come to know Jesus. I think part of me wanted to challenge God on it. God, if You were able to do this back then - can you do it again today? Or better put, would You do it again?
So yesterday I totally forgot that I had prayed for this. In the middle of one the songs I realized something was different about our time. This man, was sitting so calmly and quietly on one of the benches. His face wasn't showing a state of confusion but of maturity. I don't know how else to describe it.... He wasn't hyper everywhere and up and down and here and there all during the service. He just sat on the bench and listened.
It was at that moment I remembered last week. I think I blanked out of the song for a minute or two as I just thought about that and kind of did a stuttering conversation with God.
Pretty cool though, God...
Who knows what next week will be like - all I know is that this week there was something different.
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