I am in awe of God at this moment. I have a friend who is over in Keiv, Ukraine, with stage 9 malaria. He is running out of medication and unable to touch his father who is outside the hospital. Why am I in awe of God you ask? Because of the response people have given in light of his circumstance.
Trevor is on an 11 month, 11 country mission trip. When he fell ill, his family was notified. There was an emergency prayer meeting at my church where around 200 people came and prayed for him. Then this past Wednesday we had another prayer meeting for him where about 250 people showed up to pray for him. The Joy.fm was also contacted and they put a link on their page for people to donate to help this young man out. The cost is $96,100 to bring him to a hospital in Miama, FL. We've raised over $54,000 now. People have been praying all over the nation as church members contact relatives out of state and are contacting other churches to pray for my good friend.
People have been praying earnestly and in full faith to heal him. On Facebook there have been literally a ton of posts about Trevor with postings of scripture and encouragement to help others pray for him.
I've never met such people who would drop what they are doing for someone, simply because it is God thing to do. I see the love of God reflected in all of them, especially the people who don't know Trevor or my church at all and yet are praying for him and donating. That is love and that is a God thing. This is how the church should function, and this is what people need to see, no, experience. When the church earnestly directs all it's attention and full effort for a single person is what everyone needs to see. It moves you. It moves me, to see others care so deeply about each other. I see others loving Trevor as much as they love themselves.
This uncommon love for another, unrelated individual is not something a "normal" person has. Not many people would drop what they are doing to go and comfort or try to save someone they don't know.
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