A Story of Life
By Ronald Ramsey
Updated June 2017
What is life is one of the central
questions of humanity and can either be a deep question we meditate on or a
question we are afraid of because it brings us to the question of death.
Before I became a Christian I was
dying of a blood disease and at first the doctors told me I had 6 months to
live. Soon they came back and told me
that I had a different disease and only had about 3 months to live.
I used to tell people that I wanted
to go back to the first diagnosis but in truth it didn’t matter. As I came to Christ and am now in my 39th
year after that diagnosis I can honestly say that I was more afraid of living
than I was of dying.
I knew how to die, I had been doing
that all of my life, but until I met Jesus I never really knew how to live. For 39 years God has been helping me to know
how to live as I grew in Jesus who is Himself Life!
It is my prayer as you read and
meditate on these stories Life stories you allow God’s written Word to reveal
the Living Word Jesus Christ to you, life will become who you are and death
becomes only a hope that you will see God face to face!
A Story of Life
Read
Luke 8:40-56
This part of the Bible is what I
like to call a doughnut. The story of
the healing of the little girl surrounds the healing of the woman whom Jesus
specifically calls “daughter”. Is Jesus
showing His care for women? Take an in depth
look at Jesus healing and caring. Take
time to reflect and to meditate not just on the story but on Jesus and what
this says about Him.
How
does Jesus heal the daughter?
What
do you think it means that her spirit returned?
Why
did Jesus “command” that she be given something to eat? (Did Jesus eat after
His resurrection?)
Why
didn’t Jesus heal every young girl?
What
happened in the middle of the Story?
Why
do you think this hole in the doughnut is included?
How
do you think God heals people?
What
can you do for people who are sick?
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