One of the most difficult topics to write about.

A debate occurred some time ago in a couple of newspapers about a little girl that was healed from leukemia; and it got me thinking about a piece of paper in my Bible. It is a recap of the healings that Jesus performed.

The parents of this special girl dealt with the debate with this calm reflection;

"She is still with us". 

The gospel of John tells about three occasions when Jesus healed people, and below you have a list of the miracles from the other three Gospels.

John 4:46-54   Jesus Heals an Official’s Son

John 5:1-9       The Healing at the Bethesda Pool

John 9              Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

I can’t picture Jesus doing anything that would hurt the already hurting. I don’t see him as somebody who would turn his back on anyone asking him for help. But nevertheless people are sick and they stay sick until their last day on this earth. There are numerous courageous Christians who in their painful situation  endure and find peace, while asking God for strength to be able to live one day at a time.

Jesus came to desperate people in desperate situations and he did something out of the ordinary. He still does.

Apostle Paul asked God to deliver him from a "thorn in his flesh"and no matter what anyone thinks that thorn was; it wasn't removed. Paul had to endure this "thorn" in the midst of his amazing, powerful life. He  held his eyes fixed on one thing only: Jesus. 

Jesus Heals the Sick

²³ Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. ²⁴ News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and he healed them.

Jesus Heals a Man with Leprosy

Matthew 8:2-3, Mark 1:40-42, Luke: 5:12-13

The servant of the Centurion               

Matthew 8:5-13, Luke: 7:1-10

Peter’s mother-in-law     

Matthew 8: 14-15, Mark 1:30-31 Luke 4:38-39

Jesus Restores Two Demon-Possessed Men   

Matthew 8:28-34, Mark 5:1-15, Luke 8:27-35

Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man   

Matthew 9:2-7, Mark 2:3-12, Luke 5:18-25

Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman with a bleeding condition.

Matthew 9:18-22, Mark 5:25-29, Luke 8:43-48

Two Blind Men Receive Sight                         

Matthew 9:27-31

Jesus Heals the Blind and the Mute                

Matthew 9:32-33

Jesus heals a man with a withered hand

Matthew 12:10-13, Mark 3:1-8, Luke 6:6-10

A blind, mute and possessed man

Matthew 12:22, Luke 11:14

The Faith of a Canaanite Woman

Matthew 15:21-28, Mark 7: 24-30.

Jesus heals a boy with epilepsy

Matthew 17:14-18, Mark 9:19-29, Luke 9:38-43

Bartimaeus and another blind man.

Matthew 20:29-34, Mark 10:46-52, Luke 18:35-43.

Jesus Drives out an Impure Spirit

Mark 1:21-28, Luke 4:33-35

Jesus Heals a Deaf and Mute Man

Mark 7: 31-37

Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida

Mark 8:22-26

A woman with a bent back.

Luke 13:11-13

 

A man suffering from edema.

Luke 14:1-4

 

Ten Lepers

Luke 17:11-19

The ear of the slave of the high priest

Luke 22:50-51

( I still don't understand why these arrows appear and when I try to remove them the text disappears so they have to stay  until I figure this out)

Christmas 2013

Wishing you a blessed Christmas

One line.

He is teaching us to see in the dark and to hear in the silence.

When I'm old and gray ...

Psalm 71

¹ In you, Lord, I have taken refuge;

    let me never be put to shame.

² In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me;

    turn your ear to me and save me.

³ Be my rock of refuge,

    to which I can always go;

give the command to save me,

    for you are my rock and my fortress.

⁴ Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,

    from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.

⁵ For you have been my hope, Sovereign Lord,
    my confidence since my youth.
⁶ From birth I have relied on you;
    you brought me forth from my mother’s womb.
    I will ever praise you.
⁷ I have become a sign to many;
    you are my strong refuge.
⁸ My mouth is filled with your praise,
    declaring your splendor all day long.

⁹ Do not cast me away when I am old;
    do not forsake me when my strength is gone.
¹⁰ For my enemies speak against me;
    those who wait to kill me conspire together.
¹¹ They say, “God has forsaken him;
    pursue him and seize him,
    for no one will rescue him.”
¹² Do not be far from me, my God;
    come quickly, God, to help me.
¹³ May my accusers perish in shame;
    may those who want to harm me
    be covered with scorn and disgrace.

¹⁴ As for me, I will always have hope;
    I will praise you more and more.

¹⁵ My mouth will tell of your righteous deeds,
    of your saving acts all day long—
    though I know not how to relate them all.
¹⁶ I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign Lord;
    I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.
¹⁷ Since my youth, God, you have taught me,
    and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.
¹⁸ Even when I am old and gray,
    do not forsake me, my God,
till I declare your power to the next generation,
    your mighty acts to all who are to come.

¹⁹ Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens,
    you who have done great things.
    Who is like you, God?
²⁰ Though you have made me see troubles,
    many and bitter,
    you will restore my life again;
from the depths of the earth
    you will again bring me up.
²¹ You will increase my honor
    and comfort me once more.

²² I will praise you with the harp
    for your faithfulness, my God;
I will sing praise to you with the lyre,
    Holy One of Israel.
²³ My lips will shout for joy
    when I sing praise to you—
    I whom you have delivered.
²⁴ My tongue will tell of your righteous acts
    all day long,
for those who wanted to harm me
    have been put to shame and confusion.