Feb
23
UPDATE (03/08/08): Click here to see a video of Thomas…
There is one little boy at Daya Dan named Thomas; he has no eyes. He is one of my “favorite” boys there, so excited whenever he hears me sing his name, “Thoooomas!” Usually in the morning I sing him songs about Jesus and all that He’s done. This morning I sang him a song that goes, “My God is so big, so strong and so mighty, there’s nothing my God cannot do- for you!”
As I was singing this, Thomas got really upset and turned away from me and was making almost crying noises. I’ve been praying for him a lot and really felt like I was suppose to keep singing. I turned him back towards me and sang the song again. Again, he turned from me and got upset. I began praying for him, that if there was anything in him that was not of the Lord that it had to leave in the name of Jesus.
Right before I got to Jesus’ name he would push away my hand. He did this several times. We have been talking a lot about spiritual strongholds that are over the city and these boys that were abandoned likely have been hurt someway in the spiritual realm. At first nothing happened. Then I felt God asking me if I believed that through Jesus, I had the power and authority to tell anything not of Him to leave. I basically came to the conclusion that I wasn’t sure. So God told me to speak it out.
I told Thomas aloud that Jesus was in me and can use me with His power and authority. After that Thomas grabbed my hand and placed it on his leg. I prayed again, the same prayer I had prayed earlier and he held my hand tight to his leg. This time he did not turn away or get angry, but had the biggest smile on is face and started to giggle.
I don’t know much about what went on. I know God did something in that little boy. I started to tell him about Jesus and how he died on the cross for his sins and rose again. I told him that even though he may never see while here on earth that in heaven he would have a perfect body and be able to see the Glory of God.
When I said that he looked right at me. With his empty eyes of course, but none the less looked right at me. You have to understand that Thomas’ head is rarely still. He is typically moving it from side to side, very rarely looking in one direction for more than a second. I felt as if he had caught my gaze and then held it. I went on to tell him how excited I was to see him in heaven in his perfect body and he continued to get excited. I sang to him again the song I started of with and instead of getting angry or turning away he moved his head to the rhythm and smiled. At the last part…”for you!” He made two small noises as if he was singing with me.
What a blessing it was to see the Lord move in that little boy’s body. I’m praying more about what it all means and where God will take this. I don’t know how much Thomas can actually understand, but I know he got something today. Please pray for Thomas, that somehow he will be able to know Jesus. Please pray that I will be sensitive to God’s leading of what to pray for him as well.
I am glad to have gotten a chance to “meet” Thomas. I know the servant’s heart you are developing with the orphans like Thomas will bless your next steps in determining God’s will for you and Eric.