On the evening of November 12th 2015, I was coming from a friend's house around Thika Road Mall. I decided to get into a Chemist (pharmacy) to ask for an acne fighting cream. This is not a decision I had planned to do prior to that. So whether the Holy Spirit prompted me to do this am not sure but what happened next surprised even me.
I asked for the cream and was given a few options after which I decided on which one to buy. So I handed the money to the pharmacist and while she was wrapping the cream and handing me the change - a Sudanese lady walked in. At this point I didn't know she was Sudanese so I said hello but I noticed she was looking sad. I asked her in Swahili if she was tired and she replied that she doesn't speak Swahili. That's when I repeated the words in English and she told me she was just stressed. I asked her where she is from and she said she was from Sudan.
I then surprised myself by asking her if I could pray for her. "Please do, " came her very grateful reply. I then held hands with her and prayed while the pharmacist watched us. I then took her number and she took mine. I told she can call me if she needed to talk. At the time of this writing she still had not called but I have kept thinking about her and continued praying for her.
That incident left me feeling so humbled and in awe of God. Only God's infinite Spirit can make you do things you would not normally do. Only the Holy Spirit can put burden in your heart to pray for a stranger you have just met. And only the Holy Spirit is sensitive enough to cause you to be sensitive to the needs of those you encounter.
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