Healing Care

We need God's fruit

We do not need to have special healing gifts to be in the healing ministry. I am not against the healing gifts of miracles, power encounters and dynamic up front types of ministry. I rather like them myself and wish I could do them all the time. Most of the time I get to see people healed, changed and grow through a much slower process. Being With Them!

As shown in my past posts, listening with care also brings change and healing. By patiently listening with a warm demeanor and a respectful tone the people around us will usually get better. Even bartenders have learned that lesson. They get a lot of business from lonely people who want and need a person that will patiently tune in to their ideas, concerns and feelings.

But you, dear reader, may think, "They are there because of the booze". That may be true for many people but they can drink at home more easily and less expensively. But lonely, helpless people want the touch of a human voice and ear. Just imagine what would happen if our churches would set up listening cafe's or coffee shops available each evening. This is what Jesus did as He traveled around the country. He stopped and ate with folks and chatted with them over meals and a cool drink.

When I teach in Europe and use the term "COUNSELING" my interpreters always say in German or Norwegian the same term: seelsorge. It means the care and cure of souls. The church has been the primary place people have gone for the care and cure of their souls for almost 2000 years. They have been the places people went for comfort, love, concern, compassion and prayer. We call that COUNSELING and Psychology.

A Ministry of Presence

This is possibly the most important thing any of us can provide others; not do but be! When we are Prayerfully Present, we bring the presence of God into a place as well as His primary source of love, care and healing.

Being present with another human with peace in our heart and prayer in our spirit can move mountains and touch people deeply.

Silence can be golden if done with love.