Are you familiar with the story of Abraham and Isaac in the Bible? As a refresher, when Abraham was 99 years old, God promised him and his wife Sarah, then 89, a son. You read that right. 89 and 99 years old and expecting a child. Here’s the story: “God also said to Abraham, “As…
Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. One who was there…
*Mondays with Megan is a series of short devotionals to help us focus our hearts, souls, minds, and strength on the Giver of Life for the week ahead.* Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy[b]…