Tonight was one of the most insane nights of my life, and I want to write this down before I forget about what happened.

I walked outside my apartment to sit down, chill out, and smoke a newport. So as I sit outside, not 30 seconds later a gentleman was struggling down the street trying to find Nicollet avenue, even though he thought it was Nicholas avenue. So after about 45 minutes of talking to him, we finally came to the agreement that I was coherent and it was nicollet avenue.

Up until that point in time, I was getting a bit impatient, because there's only so much I can handle, but God kept reminding me of patience, so I kept it. He sat down to enjoy a newport with me, and was just shooting the crap with me. So I just made the comment, "You know, God is so good dude" and so we started talking about God. I asked him how he felt and all this stuff, and he was telling me how he was sick with Emphazema and COPD (great thing to find out later that I offered him a Newport) but no matter. I prayed for him and prayed this stuff out of his body, and he started breaking down crying. During this time God told me the word "AIDS" and I was just like, "he has this?" and thought nothing of it after that.

So fast forward past me seeing his entire 15 member family, various conversations about his visions, his vices, and telling me his whole life story, and we get to a sensitive topic. He tells me he hasn't been completely honest with me. I am curious, and I say "what's up?" and he says "I've been with the same woman for 33 years...and my family...they love me. But man, I'm HIV positive." At that point my mind was absolutely blown all over the pavement. I thought it was insane that God already told me all this stuff about him and HIV....just crazy! I shared with him some of my testimony so he knew that what I was saying was legitimate, and he got goosebumps all over his body and felt the presence of the Holy Spirit. Then I prayed for him, and he cried some more, and we had a huge celebration.

I invited him to church on friday and sunday, and he left feeling healthy, happy, and refreshed. I am just so glad I got this opportunity to pour out love on this guy, and I'm glad I listened to God and my intuition. This guy even told me I was the only person he had, and he was talking about suicide and killing his daughter, and he was so happy that I talked with him and God was with him tonight.


So God officially blew my mind today. It just goes to show you how big a difference the smallest thing can make. I absolutely love God for His heart, how he wants to heal the sick and heal the broken-hearted like this guy I met (named Lorell). I also thank God for letting me meet a guy like him and be able to take some wisdom from this experience. Amen!


Brett