Saturday 18th April, 2009 is one of our Eucharistic days in our journey. Shekhinah clinic is truly God’s indwelling place, this revelation became authentic after pondering on our encounter with Isa –a leper, and a blind woman respectively.
Isa took his life, broke it and shared it with us. As a seeker just after the greetings he requested us to sit comfortably as he had a lot to furnish.
He spoke to us of the God in his life - “I constantly offer thanks to God who manifests himself in creatures, is known by many names and his attributes but remains the unperceived mystery for the good portion of my last 64years.The greatest test in my life is denial following my blessing of suffering from leprosy” We were deeply disturbed when he called suffering a blessing, here we asked him about his faith.
He was once a Catholic (named Simon Peter the rock) but due to parents’ demands and personal conviction of some good Islamic teachings he joined the Muslim faith. “Suffering is a blessing, a time to benefit from God’s graces” he believed. And he referred it to the Holy Quaran which he phrased “If you are sincere seek for death to go home and be with Allah”
After sharing and listening to the word of life we set off to see the other patients, as we were just passing by, out of a dark room a voice was heard saying “Please come and pray for me’ It was a blind woman sitting in her house in despair. This woman knew who we were although she could not see, so together we blessed, shared and gave thanks for we had found a waiting God.
After spending quality time with the patients it was time to rush back to the community, 200metres from this milieu, what a terrible tire burst Sydney’s bicycle had! Little did we know what was to happen to us, for as soon as we started lamenting, we recognized God as we walked for one and half hours in the hot sun. We were able to feel with the thousands in Africa, who despite the scorching sun are looking for their daily bread!
Questions were exhausted as we talked and referred our experience to the Holy Scripture and asked how we were doing in the context of brotherhood.
In some way this day deepened our brotherly love and we got a glimpse into why Jesus sent the disciples in pairs.
May Jesus continue to live in our hearts and the spirit fire burn anew in us as we continue the quest for God and his will for the universe.
(Jordaan and Sydney)
Isa took his life, broke it and shared it with us. As a seeker just after the greetings he requested us to sit comfortably as he had a lot to furnish.He spoke to us of the God in his life - “I constantly offer thanks to God who manifests himself in creatures, is known by many names and his attributes but remains the unperceived mystery for the good portion of my last 64years.The greatest test in my life is denial following my blessing of suffering from leprosy” We were deeply disturbed when he called suffering a blessing, here we asked him about his faith.
He was once a Catholic (named Simon Peter the rock) but due to parents’ demands and personal conviction of some good Islamic teachings he joined the Muslim faith. “Suffering is a blessing, a time to benefit from God’s graces” he believed. And he referred it to the Holy Quaran which he phrased “If you are sincere seek for death to go home and be with Allah”After sharing and listening to the word of life we set off to see the other patients, as we were just passing by, out of a dark room a voice was heard saying “Please come and pray for me’ It was a blind woman sitting in her house in despair. This woman knew who we were although she could not see, so together we blessed, shared and gave thanks for we had found a waiting God.
After spending quality time with the patients it was time to rush back to the community, 200metres from this milieu, what a terrible tire burst Sydney’s bicycle had! Little did we know what was to happen to us, for as soon as we started lamenting, we recognized God as we walked for one and half hours in the hot sun. We were able to feel with the thousands in Africa, who despite the scorching sun are looking for their daily bread!
Questions were exhausted as we talked and referred our experience to the Holy Scripture and asked how we were doing in the context of brotherhood.
In some way this day deepened our brotherly love and we got a glimpse into why Jesus sent the disciples in pairs.
May Jesus continue to live in our hearts and the spirit fire burn anew in us as we continue the quest for God and his will for the universe.
(Jordaan and Sydney)
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