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I am blessed going out. I am blessed coming in. I am the head and not the tail. I am above only and not beneath. I am always blessed and I am always prospering. I am the glorious production of God
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Exodus 23:25 And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
Can you think of a recent tragedy in your life? How does it make you feel? Sometimes it’s hard to know why tragedy strikes; there are plenty of questions, such as Why do bad things happen to good people? but there are no solid answers. Yet since our miscomprehension might threaten belief in a benevolent God, it is worth reaching for some kind of answer, however incomplete.
In one week, all four members of our family became sick. As hard as I tried to keep all the balls in the air, several dropped. It’s humbling to realize how fragile and fallible we really are. It is hard to admit we have needs that we can’t meet ourselves. Self-sufficiency is a stubborn and sneaky (dare I say?) sin, a particularly problematic form of pride.
One of my favorite writing professors always said, “Sometimes in order to tell one story well, you need to tell two.” Two stories, told side by side, create a deeper meaning than either could convey on its own. In Mark chapter 5, the stories of Jairus’s daughter and a hemorrhaging woman are told as a pair. We are meant to understand them together. But why?
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