Journey to a Touch
We know her as simply, "the woman with the issue of blood." No name, no other identifying characteristics, just that one phrase to introduce us to a woman who would help increase our faith. If I had a time portal, it's her timeline I would invade. I'd love to walk with her from diagnosis to deliverance. I'd love to discover where such great faith comes from.
I imagine that after she left the first doctor, her anxiety morphed into to anger. No moving through the five stages of grief for her though, this anger simply propelled her forward. And on she went, from doctor to doctor, through every dime she had for 12 years, until He came close--close enough for her to touch.
I would love to walk through that crowd with her, watching her push through, determined to reach the Master. The spectacle. The commotion. The healing. The gratitude. I'd love to stand on that spot where desperate perseverance collided with divine power. I'd definitely call that a journey of epic proportions.
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Monday, October 08, 2012
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Conversation with Paul
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It was a dramatic conversion.
I wonder after such a "hollywood-esque" transformation, how he felt afterwards. Not about the experience, but rather, about himself.
"Paul," I would ask, "did you ever deal with regret for the things you did in your past? For the man that you were? For the people who you persecuted and killed? Or was that all washed away when Christ blinded you?"
See, I'm doubting there was professional therapy to help work him through the personal demons of his past. Maybe he even experienced some PTSD.
Perhaps penning all those letters was the comfort and confirmation he needed in order to realize that he was no longer who he WAS, but was now who he IS. I mean, he said it himself, didn't he?
I imagine him answering my question with, "Regrets. I've had a few . . . but therefore, if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has gone, the new has come!" (2 Corinthians 5:17)
What a perfect verse for Paul to be inspired to write both for current and future believers, yes, but perhaps even more so for himself.
I wonder after such a "hollywood-esque" transformation, how he felt afterwards. Not about the experience, but rather, about himself.
"Paul," I would ask, "did you ever deal with regret for the things you did in your past? For the man that you were? For the people who you persecuted and killed? Or was that all washed away when Christ blinded you?"
See, I'm doubting there was professional therapy to help work him through the personal demons of his past. Maybe he even experienced some PTSD.
Perhaps penning all those letters was the comfort and confirmation he needed in order to realize that he was no longer who he WAS, but was now who he IS. I mean, he said it himself, didn't he?
I imagine him answering my question with, "Regrets. I've had a few . . . but therefore, if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has gone, the new has come!" (2 Corinthians 5:17)
What a perfect verse for Paul to be inspired to write both for current and future believers, yes, but perhaps even more so for himself.
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Sunday, September 02, 2012
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Conversations with Biblical Saints
Alrighty,
friends, grab your quotation marks. The September
Specials at the Daily Fast Fuel Diner will be Faithful Conversations! This week we’ll be gabbing with Biblical
Saints, those people from the Bible who make you think, “Wow! What would that have been like?” Do you want to know what went through Moses’
head when he saw the Red Sea part before his very eyes? What was in Mary Magdalene’s heart when she
realized it was Jesus Himself standing in front of her that glorious Sunday
morning? Ever have a burning question
for one of the Apostles? Or the
Prophets? Or Jesus? Come on in, sidle up to a bar stool and
we’ll keep refilling your coffee cups until the conversation's over. 
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Saturday, September 01, 2012
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