Woodward+Passage+VJ2

Gospel [|MK 2:1-12]
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.” Now some of the scribes were sitting there asking themselves, “Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming. Who but God alone can forgive sins?” Jesus immediately knew in his mind what they were thinking to themselves, so he said, “Why are you thinking such things in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, pick up your mat and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth” –he said to the paralytic, “I say to you, rise, pick up your mat, and go home.” He rose, picked up his mat at once, and went away in the sight of everyone. They were all astounded and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this.”   **Summary-** There were many people going to see and hear Jesus speak his word. Four people lowered a man into Jesus's house and that man was paralyzed. Jesus went to go talk to him. Nobody believed that Jesus could heal this man. As Jesus went over to the man he saw belief in the peoples eyes. So Jesus said, "Stand up, walk, and go home. So the man did as Jesus said, stood up and went home.   **Reflection-**This is probably one of my favorite passages in the whole entire Bible. Jesus is probably trying to teach us to have faith in something and believe in it. That is something I forget to do in my life. For example when when I have to take a math test I get so nervous because I think I am bad at math but I am actually pretty good at it. The doubt is actually what messes me up in most tests. If you believe you can do something you can do it.  This passage in my opinion is probably one of the most important lessons in the Bible. If you don't follow this passage in your basic life... you will live in a world of doubt. This passage is all about belief, so If you don't believe in yourself about something you will never achieve it. What you can do to live out this message is to just simply believe in yourself. If you see people getting better grades than you, you can do the same. Start believing and that will give you the encouragement to work hard and get better grades.  **Prayer- Lord, help me believe, in myself to achieve greatness. Help me believe in you Lord. Help me believe that I can live my life the way you want me to. Help me find my path to greatness. Help me believe that I can do it. **  ** Amen. ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px;">