Prayers for Healing

A woman walked to the synagogue.  It is as unremarkable beginning to a story as one could imagine.  She was going about her own business.

This woman who was crippled, bent over, unable to stand straight. But that was not remarkable in and of itself since she had been that way for 18 years.  In a time when a lifespan was 30 that half a lifetime.

Then Jesus saw her, called her over and laid his hands on her.  Immediately she stood up straight and began praising God.

Just like that.

We have no idea how many times she had implored the Lord to intervene in her crooked existence, to ease her suffering, to make her way easier in the world.  Millions of prayers are lifted every day for just this kind of healing......or at least for the embrace of a loving God until healing comes.

On this day, this crippled, bent over, unable to stand straight woman received her answer to the first.  It appears she was as surprised as everyone else.  But she knew it was God, because who else could it have been?

Today we pray for healing and strength and comfort for all those in need.  Pray with us.