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By Joy Mounce
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There she was again, this person who had such bright eyes. I felt so exposed in her presence. It seemed her bright round eyes penetrated the walls around my heart and she saw right through me, into my very soul. If this is so, how could she look with such love and acceptance? And how, oh how could I know this?! Why would the likes of her even give the likes of me a second glance? Yet…I felt her eyes baring down on me (with compassion, I might add) many times throughout the visit which lasted only a few days. If she only knew the awful truth about me. She wouldn’t be so gracious. She, too, would judge me. For, even though I had not willingly participated in the act that brought on my condition, I felt responsible nonetheless.
According to the explanation we had been given, this lady was coming to check out our small village. She was being sent to consider setting up an office for medical aid and treatment. Although this was much needed, I had little hope. So many times of prior disappointment set me up to doubt even this possibility. However, when I glanced into her eyes, hope seemed to mount within me.
The end of that first visit was drawing near. As I walked by her, she reached out and touched me. She spoke with such kindness when she asked my name that I couldn’t help but look at her and respond with a low voice. Then it was over. Their tour moved on past me and she was gone, and I wasn’t sure if I would ever see her again. But the feelings that were being birthed within me could never be ignored.
Within a few days word began to spread that this lady with the big bright eyes was coming to our village! I had a stirring within that didn’t stop until I saw her arrive with her possessions and she began to occupy the makeshift “clinic.”
My name had been placed on the list for medical evaluation. When the day came, and I arrived into the exam room, my body began to tremble with dread as I knew the verdict was not going to be good. Weight had already begun to fall off of me, and my strength was fading with each passing day.
Then the moment drew near for this “missionary” to make her assessment. She entered the room and I literally felt peace arrive. As she examined me, she spoke with a love such as I had never known. She invited me to a meeting the following evening. Little did I know this meeting would be life-changing for me.
The next evening when I haltingly arrived, here she came, touching me again, even hugging me. As I sat that evening she shared her story with us who were present…how her God had spoken to her about our small corner of the world., and how she was sent to share His love and healing with us.
It’s been a year since that monumental day, and I am still here. I never dreamed I would survive this long. The disease is still taking a toll on my body, but there has been a healing within my soul. My eyes now shine with hope just as my angel missionary’s do! God has brought to me a healing such as I never could have dreamed of. The guilt has been released and peace has taken it’s place. I now know I was not responsible for what happened to me. Forgiveness for the one who violated me has even taken place within my heart and my prayer is that one day he, too, will know freedom in Christ.
Since my own life-change, I have realized that we are all missionaries because we all have a mission. With the time I have left I want to share the love that was given to me with those who need to know there is a God who offers hope and healing to all. It doesn’t matter how long we have to share it, just that we do. One person, willing to be a missionary, makes a lifetime of difference.
Are you a missionary of His grace to others? If you are His, you MUST be! Allow His love to shine through you…and become a missionary today!
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