I finished my training this week! I learned a lot that I will share with you on a later post. I will be able to go into any room at the local hospital and visit all the patients and families.
One thing I learned for this type of work is that you don't need the gift of gab but you need the gift of a willing ear. LOL!! I laugh because I have one ear that doesn't work at all. The other ear works with a hearing aid. Out of 200% hearing in both ears I have maybe a total of 30 % hearing. It helps me to stay humble and depend on God.
I am sure some of the people that I have worked with over the years can remind me of some slips when I thought I heard something and it was way off. Sometimes I do it on purpse but other times it was real. So I have had quite a time trying to hear what people are saying!
My hearing specialist that fitted me with a hearing aid several years ago told me that it was amazing. He said that most of my hearing loss was in the normal voice range of people talking. He asked me what I did as far as work and I told him that I was a minister and at that time I was a school teacher at Kent Christian Academy. He was just totally amazed at what God was using me to do for the Kingdom. He explained that he was involved in church and missionary work.
Before I left the office I asked him if we could pray. My wife & I prayed with Him. I prayed that God would bless his work and keep his hand on him and his ministry. God moved and we could feel his spirit in that office. My wife and I went home and a couple of hours later he called about the office visit .
He told me that God began to talk to him after we left and that he had ordered my hearing aid. I was shocked because I didn't have the money to pay for it. Then he said that it would be in his office in two weeks. He went on to tell me that there was no fee and that he would service it for life free of charge.
I have gone in several times and had it checked and he has brought staff in from other offices to meet me. We have always had prayer before we left. They spend more time talking about God and the church than anything else when I go in to see them.
So when I get involved with people I listen to them the best I can. Then I depend on God to fill in the blanks that I can't hear. I feel that is one reason that God has allowed me to be so sensitive to the attitudes and spirits of people. Because I have to spend a lot of time listening to God and he lets me know these things.
So it is a miracle of God that I can even be involved with this type of volunteer work.
Thank you for stopping by today! It is my desire to share my thoughts and ideas to be encouraging and uplifting to you. So enjoy and feel free to leave your comment!
3 comments:
Kevin, God knew that your sweet spirit was perfect for this type of work! You have been an inspiration to Stephen and I many times over the years! We love you, Judi, and Curtis....Now Stephen would say something smart to Judi here, but he's not typing!!!
Susan
Kevin, God always has "special people" for "special work" in His Kingdom! Your sensitivity through the spirit is something God can use. A lot of times it would be better if we couldn't "hear" what people are saying. :) I love how God works through His servants.
Susan and Linda, thanks for your comments. Maybe I am sensitive in this area because of my dad being in the hospital so much when I was just a young boy. But I remember praying and crying myself to sleep in Fresno when I was 7 or 8 years old. I would pray for all those in the hospitals and their families. Who said that God can't move on children? Little did I realize that I would be in this position today. May God bless both of you!
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