Your faith has healed you…

Jesus and his disciples were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, with Jesus in the lead. The disciples were amazed while the others following behind were afraid. Taking the Twelve aside again, he told them what was about to happen to him. “Look!” he said. “We’re going up to Jerusalem. The Human One will be handed over to the chief priests and the legal experts. They will condemn him to death and hand him over to the Gentiles. They will ridicule him, spit on him, torture him, and kill him. After three days, he will rise up.”
Jesus and his followers came into Jericho. As Jesus was leaving Jericho, together with his disciples and a sizable crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, Timaeus’ son, was sitting beside the road. When he heard that Jesus of Nazareth was there, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, show me mercy!” Many scolded him, telling him to be quiet, but he shouted even louder, “Son of David, show me mercy!” Jesus stopped and said, “Call him forward.” They called the blind man, “Be encouraged! Get up! He’s calling you.” Throwing his coat to the side, he jumped up and came to Jesus. Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said, “Teacher, I want to see.” Jesus said, “Go, your faith has healed you.” At once he was able to see, and he began to follow Jesus on the way. (Mark 10:32-34, 46-52, CEB)

Ok, so why hasn’t my faith healed me?

Why do I get sick?

Why do the people I love die?

All of these are valid questions from this passage.

And I have to say I do not know. We die because we are human and eternal life does not mean no death.

But I can not answer those questions. It isn’t because you don’t have faith, don’t believe the right way, or because you are sinning.

That is life. Jesus never said life would be perfect, God promised to always be with us and we would always be with God. That doesn’t mean we will get what we want, or be healed the way we think we should be. Sometimes healing comes in ways we don’t want or expect it to.

Know that your faith is good enough and so are you.

God is always with you.

Loving People. Loving God.