That Simple...

A few months ago my younger brother had an altercation with a friend and the friend poured boiling hot water on his face whilst he was sleeping. It was a very serious problem because the friend was arrested and locked up by the police on charges of attempted murder.

This incident happened about 2am on the fateful day and my brother was rushed to the hospital. My brother’s face was scalded badly by the hot water. It looked very bad indeed. He was attended to by the doctors, but my fear was for his face. I was grateful to God that the hot water did not get into his eyes, but I was still worried about his face. Would he be disfigured for life? What permanent scars would he have to live with?

As I was worrying over this a thought crossed my mind and it was ‘Why not pray about it?’ I remembered immediately that what I cannot do or change, God can. So for three consecutive days I woke up between 12a.m. and 1a.m. to commit my brother into the hands of God. I asked the Lord specifically for two things: (1) Lord, shorten the healing process on my brother’s face and (2) Lord, leave no scars on his face that will remind us of the incident by the end of the week.

My brother came to visit us by the end of the week and truly there was no scar on his face. He was completely healed. As a matter of fact, his face looked smoother and fresher than it was before the incident! There were no pains and no sign on his face to remind or tell of the story. God gave me exactly what I asked. It was that simple.

We have since moved on from this confusing time including my brother. The friend who did this to him has asked for forgiveness and we have forgiven him. He too has been released by the police since my brother was not interested in pressing charges.

I am reminded to share this story because of something that happened in my home a few days ago. I got back home from work and my sister who lives with me and my son ran out to meet me at the garage to tell me that my 3 year old daughter had a domestic accident and cut the upper part of her eye! I had not even turned off the ignition of my car when I was getting this report. My daughter likes to climb and jump on everything she sees and apparently on this day she was climbing and jumping on a chair and she slipped and fell hitting the upper part of her eye on the sharp wooden edge of the chair! I got into the house and saw my daughter and I immediately cleaned the wound with an antiseptic and put an ointment on it. As I was cleaning it I saw that the cut was quite deep. All the while my daughter was crying.

Just like my brother, my daughter’s eye was spared by a few inches. It could have been worse. I thanked God for sparing her eye, but I did not want any scar on her her face or complications.I also wanted a speedy healing. Right there and then, in my work clothes, after I cleansed the cut, I laid my hands on the spot and prayed. My son, my sister and my domestic assistant were present too and I asked God for a speedy healing without scars and complications and everyone agreed with an ‘Amen’. Thereafter I put her to bed.

The next day when my little girl came to say good morning to my husband and I, there was no swelling and I could see that the healing process was in progress. By the next day, this deep cut was almost completely healed. And on the third day, when I got back from work, my daughter ran to meet me in the car and said, “Mummy, my wound is gone!” People who saw the cut are still in amazement. This is the power of prayer.

Prayer works. Unfortunately many of us do not pray or no longer pray because of our busy schedules. We need to make some adjustments in our schedules to talk to God about our circumstances. God hears everything we say, (good or bad) so we should cultivate a lifestyle of talking to Him about our desires. Sometimes it may appear like He is not there, but believe me He is always there by your side. These two incidents in my life have rejuvenated my desire to pray about everything, small or great. Prayer is not about how long or how short, but more about the quality of the prayer. Quality prayer is prayer that involves the entirety of your heart. In other words, it may be as short as five minutes, but within that time all of your heart is involved as against praying for one hour and all the while thinking of the next football game or the food you want to eat later! So let us get our hearts involved and get the attention of God on our case.

Thank You Lord for answering my simple prayers. I ask Father that you answer the prayers of everyone who reads this post and comes to you in prayer for a troubling situation in their lives in Jesus name. Amen!
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