Newness of Life

This scripture bolsters my faith that it is God's desire to heal his children. I see, hidden within this short interchange between Jesus and the Pharisees, the Lord's heart towards healing. "Going on from that place, He went into their synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, they asked Him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" He said to them, "If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath." Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." So he stretched it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other." With a few deft swipes of the sword-his mouth- Jesus lays bare the Pharisees' hard hearts. If you had a helpless sheep that feel into a ditch, wouldn't you pull it out on the Sabbath? How much