He went ahead of me, asking Pastor to pray for her recovery. "Is she a believer?" he asked.
We shook our heads.
"Well then, it's my first time doing this, but I'm going to pray for you to have authority to lay hands on her and pray for her recovery," he said, which gave us peace of mind. "Something will happen to you guys." Then he went ahead to pray for the anointing.
"You guys've gotta be bold. Go up to her and lay hands on her, and pray when you go back," he added on, after the prayer. Uncle Kelvin, later during the journey back, told us he was confused over why he said we've gotta be bold to pray for her. "Can't we just pray in the room and lay hands on the wall? It'd be like God's power going to her room(our room is just beside hers)." he spoke.
"Nonsense. He said we've gotta be bold, I reckon that means that we gotta go straight up to her, tell her, and then when she knows, we pray for her."
And here we go. I reached home first, after swimming and dinner outdoors. It was easy to get the message across - I don't know why, but I reckon it's the grace of God - and to tell her we're going to pray for her when he comes back home. "Oh," she replied, still in doubt. However, she, being a easy-going woman, let us go ahead.
He came back, and we laid our hands on her, while I prayed in Chinese, for her benefit of understanding what is being prayed for her. It was short, but sweet. Hey, wherever in the Bible did it say that long prayers are necessary? It was probably so unexpectedly short that she asked later, "Huh, already finished ah?" when we got back on our feet and continued on our stuff.
This morning, there came the effect of prayer, I reckon. "Eh, you know ah," Grandma told me. "Last night, you prayed for me, hor. End up I sleep through the whole night, no pain leh(she had to take painkillers to sleep peacefully, but she didn't need to last night)."
"Neh, tell you already. Jesus Christ is true and alive." I grinned at her. "Otherwise why would I even bother to believe in Him and go to church in the first place?"
I suppose it is always through our weaknesses and infirmities that God's grace always abounds in our lives, and His grace and mercy for us endures forever, indeed. However, she's still in doubt of Jesus, though I'll never get to know anytime soon yet. Hopefully through this encounter with God's healing and blessing, she'll get to know and accept Christ, and receive his salvation offered to all mankind.
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.
-Psalm 136:1, 4
Hallelujah, indeed He is Jehovah Rapha - The LORD our Healer!
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