‘Everyone was amazed and gave praise to God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”’
It would be a remarkable sight to see a paralysed man, who had been lowered down through a roof, restored to physical health walking home. For the man it would mean a dramatic change in his life going forward. But it was not just the physical that had been changed. There was also a spiritual transformation for his sins had been forgiven. A life had been transformed by the words of Jesus.
Reflection
Give thanks for every life that has been changed by the presence of Jesus.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
Christ has come and the kingdom has begun, even here, even now. We glimpse signs of this new creation as we see transformed lives, most poignantly when the baptized emerge from the waters – restored relationships, reconciliation, reversals of injustice, and more.
(Glenn Packiam, Worship and the World to Come, p. 2)