Slumber Party w/ the HS!

Our Squad leaders, Ashley and Justin were visiting our team for a few days, to get to know us individually, as a team and help guide us as needed.  Ashley was in my room, so I got to talk with her a bit at night time.  The second night she was staying with us, I got to observe and participate in a prayer time, with our other roommate.  We started out praying for her, waiting on the Lord and hearing what the Holy Spirit was speaking to any of us.  As the person would say things, Ashley would listen and then ask the person to sit with the Lord and press in to the specific thing that had come up.  While the person was praying, Ashley and I would pray as well.  After maybe an hour, we were pressing into the Spirit with her and the presence of the Lord was so strong, it brought tears to my eyes, that we were having such an amazing slumber party with the Lord.  I’ve been to many sleep overs but usually they are more self-centered, doing nails, hair, talking about arbitrary things, etc…  This was such a sweet time together with these two women and the Lord!  I can not help but think of how the world would and could be transformed if more slumber parties were Christ-centered instead of self-centered. 

As we were pressing in, I saw a red flash of light, by the person’s feet that we were praying for.  I am not a visual person, if you ask me to close my eyes and imagine something, I see darkness and at night if I dream, I do not remember the dreams.  When I was 7 years old, my Grandmother and niece died in a house fire on New Year’s Day early in the morning.  I dreamt that the fire was happening as it was happening in real life.  I awoke frightened and shaking vigorously and heard the phone ring, as my Mom was told of the fire and asked to go to my Grandmother’s house.  I wanted to tell her I knew what was happening but I was shaking so fiercely that I was not able to speak or get up.  Since that day, I have not remembered a dream.  I do not remember if I was able to visualize things before the fire.  

Back to the red flash of light, I told the 2 women that I did not want to freak them out but that I’ve been seeing flashes of light or shadows and such for about 6 months.  I told them that I either need to go to the eye doctor or maybe this was a spiritual thing.  I was asked to ask the Lord about that, if seeing things was a physical problem or a spiritual gifting.  The Holy Spirit told me that it is a spiritual gift.  The word I got from the Holy Spirit was Release, for the woman we were praying for when I saw the red flash.  We all then prayed more about these flashes of light and shadows I’ve been seeing and the Lord told me that I would receive my sight again (become a visual person) and that it will be all at once, like an adult who has been blind and then receives their sight and is overwhelmed by everything all at once.  The other ladies both saw bright lights, one was kind of racing through the universe and the other saw things through a keyhole and then it opened up.  

As we were waiting on the Lord for a further explanation, one person’s right jaw got very hot and she asked me if that meant anything to me.  Two things came to mind, the last time I was physically abused, I was hit on the right cheek and when I was 16, I had a keratocyst in my right jaw.  I had an operation and they removed the cyst and everything healed well.  I feel like I have been physically, emotionally and spiritually healed from both of these instances that came to mind.  I am still praying for understanding, because both of the ladies felt strongly that the right cheek was something meant for me.

I truly hope that this post does not scare you away from my blog.  I have shared this with you in a spirit of openness and vulnerability.  Please being praying for the Lord to reveal to me if and or what, the right cheek things means.  Please be praying for my vision that will be restored and for the Holy Spirit to continue speaking to me.