REFLECTIONS ON BETHESDA

"Do you want to get well?" He asks. "If so, then be well. Act on it. Take up that palet and go home."

Peter sees Jesus from the boat. "Invite me to join You," Pete asks. "Come," the Lord invites. "Step out and walk. You can, you know."

Jesus takes two loaves and five fish. He sees 5000 men. And in faith, our Lord gives thanks and begins to distribute the food.

The principle is ripe for the plucking:

No, you don't know how to.

No, you never have before.

Yes, it makes no sense. But God has whispered something to you, hasn't He? Act on it.

I'm not describing a mail-order, name-it-and-claim-it religion. But I'm describing what Jesus did.

Some call it faith.