Modern Day Miracle
She’s a modern day Ruth. She was lonely and poor, ashamed because of the
tuberculosis infection of the skin that had left its ugly mark on her face. So
she began to gather the leftovers and scraps from another man’s fields. In time,
he took notice of her, and his heart went out to her. He bought medicine for her
and compassionately cared for her. “I knew that she would one day be healed,” he
said, “and I fell in love with her.” Not too long after that, he married her and
took her into his own home.
She’s a modern day woman at the well. Despite her husband’s care and provision of medicines, the tuberculosis wound on her face continued to plague and embarrass her. That’s why she went to the well to gather water in the heat of the day. Hopefully no one else would be around at that time to see her as she collected her water.
But one day a missionary, Geoffrey, made a visit to the well in the middle of the day, and he saw her there all by herself. He began to talk to her, and they became friends. Once he learned her story, he continued to keep in touch with her. He followed up with her long enough to provide her with a healing surgery. In addition, the well in her village was rehabilitated as the 100th project for Geoffrey’s team.
And then I met her. Walking down a narrow, red-dirt foot path that snaked its way through the quiet plain scattered with small bushes, she appeared around the corner. She pushed an old bicycle weighed down with three jugs of water: two dangled on either side of the back tire, and one sat on a rack attached to the back. Each filled with clean well water. She had a baby tied to her back with a colorful piece of fabric. She swung the little girl around so we could see her. Her name is Zolata, and she is the first child of her new husband - the husband who cared for her when no one else would, the husband who loved her despite her condition, the husband who believed she would one day be healed. And now, by the grace of God, his eyes have seen it.
She is a modern-day Ruth. She is modern day Woman at the Well. Her real name is Miriam, and she must be a modern day Miriam, too. Because I believe God will use her to proclaim redemption for His people and to sing songs of deliverance in the presence of multitudes.
The stories in the Bible are undoubtedly real and true, and the legacies left by our heroes of the faith are lived out today through us. Who are the modern-day Miriams that you know? How about the women at the well, the lepers, and the demon-possessed? Who is your Goliath? Because you are a David. Who is your Pharaoh? Because you are a Moses. Who is your Gomer? Because you are a Hosea.
And who is the lame man, the Lazarus, the bleeding woman, the little child? Because we are the face of Christ to the world.
She’s a modern day woman at the well. Despite her husband’s care and provision of medicines, the tuberculosis wound on her face continued to plague and embarrass her. That’s why she went to the well to gather water in the heat of the day. Hopefully no one else would be around at that time to see her as she collected her water.
But one day a missionary, Geoffrey, made a visit to the well in the middle of the day, and he saw her there all by herself. He began to talk to her, and they became friends. Once he learned her story, he continued to keep in touch with her. He followed up with her long enough to provide her with a healing surgery. In addition, the well in her village was rehabilitated as the 100th project for Geoffrey’s team.
And then I met her. Walking down a narrow, red-dirt foot path that snaked its way through the quiet plain scattered with small bushes, she appeared around the corner. She pushed an old bicycle weighed down with three jugs of water: two dangled on either side of the back tire, and one sat on a rack attached to the back. Each filled with clean well water. She had a baby tied to her back with a colorful piece of fabric. She swung the little girl around so we could see her. Her name is Zolata, and she is the first child of her new husband - the husband who cared for her when no one else would, the husband who loved her despite her condition, the husband who believed she would one day be healed. And now, by the grace of God, his eyes have seen it.
She is a modern-day Ruth. She is modern day Woman at the Well. Her real name is Miriam, and she must be a modern day Miriam, too. Because I believe God will use her to proclaim redemption for His people and to sing songs of deliverance in the presence of multitudes.
The stories in the Bible are undoubtedly real and true, and the legacies left by our heroes of the faith are lived out today through us. Who are the modern-day Miriams that you know? How about the women at the well, the lepers, and the demon-possessed? Who is your Goliath? Because you are a David. Who is your Pharaoh? Because you are a Moses. Who is your Gomer? Because you are a Hosea.
And who is the lame man, the Lazarus, the bleeding woman, the little child? Because we are the face of Christ to the world.
Ashli, THANK YOU for sharing Miriam's story with us and reminding me that wherever I am, God is using me to share Him with others...
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