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When I read the 5th chapter of John, I can’t help but feel compassion for the disabled man who had been trying to get into the healing waters at the Pool of Bethesda.\u00a0 Thirty-eight years is a long time.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is this story really telling me that no one \u2013 NO ONE \u2013 in 38 years had ever stopped to help him into the water?  Were the people of Jerusalem so blind, so insensitive, so self-absorbed that not one of them could stop to help a non-ambulatory man into the water?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t know how often the waters stirred but whenever they did, a person had to be the first one in to receive the benefits of the healing pool.  Someone was always quicker; this man was never going to be first in on his own.  Until Jesus.  He simply told the man to pick up his mat and go\u2026he was healed.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now there is nothing I\u2019d like better than to go on a tirade about how the Pharisees totally ignored this miraculous act of compassion because it was against the law to carry your mat on the Sabbath (imagine here my eye roll).  But I think there\u2019s an important lesson here that trumps my rant.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The question I must ask myself is this:  Who am I not noticing as I race thru my day?  Does someone need a helping hand?  A listening ear?  My time? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think God will call me to account for putting on blinders. I must go beyond simply feeling compassion and do something<\/strong><\/em>. I can’t do everything, but I can do some things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I read the 5th chapter of John, I can’t help but feel compassion for the disabled man who had been trying to get into the healing waters at the Pool of Bethesda.\u00a0 Thirty-eight years is a long time.\u00a0 Is this story really telling me that no one \u2013 NO ONE \u2013 in 38 years […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"book-of-the-bible":[],"book-chapter":[],"season-one-episode":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","featured-blog":"","genesis-singular-images":"","singular-full-width":"","rpwe-thumbnail":""},"post_excerpt_stackable":"

When I read the 5th chapter of John, I can’t help but feel compassion for the disabled man who had been trying to get into the healing waters at the Pool of Bethesda.\u00a0 Thirty-eight years is a long time.\u00a0 Is this story really telling me that no one \u2013 NO ONE \u2013 in 38 years had ever stopped to help him into the water?  Were the people of Jerusalem so blind, so insensitive, so self-absorbed that not one of them could stop to help a non-ambulatory man into the water?  I don\u2019t know how often the waters stirred but whenever…<\/p>\n","category_list":"Blog<\/a>","author_info":{"name":"Joy","url":"https:\/\/liftinghervoice.com\/author\/joylm\/"},"comments_num":"0 comments","featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","featured-blog":"","genesis-singular-images":"","singular-full-width":"","rpwe-thumbnail":""},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"

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