I am bound by many limitations; but I am also a bundle of almost limitless possibilities. Because of my body, I am tied down to my here and now. But with my mind and imagination, I can be anywhere and any-when I choose. I can transform my here to everywhere and my now to every-when. There have been many with physical disabilities but who with their faith and indomitable spirit have accomplished more than what the ordinary physically unimpaired could. There are those who have been dealt by life with insurmountable difficulties and limitations but who their love and passion have overcome and succeeded in life.
People crowded around Jesus to hear Him speak and have their infirmities healed. There was hardly anymore room to get closer to him. Four men wanted Jesus to heal their friend, who was a paralytic. But they could not get through because of the crowd. So, they opened up the roof over the house and let down their paralytic friend. Because of their faith, Jesus first forgives their friend’s sins. And then later, He also healed Him to show that He had the power to forgive sins as well as make the lame walk.
I am often overwhelmed by problems and difficulties even before I start. Then, I have already suffered defeat. I will choose to see what I can do before I am overcome by what I cannot do. I will focus on what I have rather than on what I do not have. I will appreciate who and what I am and not be discouraged by who and what I am not. I will choose to give rather to receive. And I will choose to serve rather than be served.
Today my prayer shall be: “Lord, let me see my possibilities and my blessings, rather than my limitations and my miseries.”
When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days,
it became known that he was at home.
Many gathered together so that there was no longer room for them,
not even around the door,
and he preached the word to them.
They came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.
Unable to get near Jesus because of the crowd,
they opened up the roof above him.
After they had broken through,
they let down the mat on which the paralytic was lying.
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to him,
“Child, your sins are forgiven.”
Mark 2:1-5