The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Mark 3:1-5, “He entered again into a synagogue; and a man was there whose hand was withered.

2 They were watching Him to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him.

3 He said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and come forward!”

4 And He said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to kill?” But they kept silent.

5 After looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.”

Have you ever really hurt your hand? It not only hurts, it “tells” you that you’ll never be able to do anything with it from this day onward! Of course, that’s not always true. Still, it hurts so badly that you’re convinced that you’ll never be able to do anything with it ever again!

The man in the passage above was worse still. His hand was “withered!” In all probability, he had seen hurt hands previously; yet, his was so mangled that he doubted he would ever be able to use it again. Nevertheless, he attended synagogue! (How many of us have missed church because of a hangnail, or something of relative insignificance!)

This was “the day” for this man! He met Jesus! There are people alive today whose doctors cannot explain how! Some of them have simply met Jesus! Have you?

Heartily in Christ,

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

United States of America

“We will never know that Christ is all we need, until He becomes all that we have.” –Corrie ten Boom