The Healing Of The Bowed Women
(Luke 13:10-17)

One Sabbath day, when Jesus was teaching
In a synagogue, he saw in the crowd a
Women who was bent over and who could not
Stand upright. She had suffered in this way
For eighteen years. Mercifully, Jesus laid his
Hands upon her and straightened her. Stand-
Ing erect, she praised God, as did those
People in the crowd who had observed and
Marveled at the miracle.

All rejoiced, except the leader of the syna-
Gogue, who was jealous of the favor esus
Found with the people. Afraid of criticizing
Jesus directly, the leader turned to the peo-
Ple instead and said: "There are six days on
Which work ought to be done; come on those
Days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath
Day.:

To this Jesus replied, "You hypocrite.
Does not everyone at least give water to his
Animals on the Sabbath? Cannot this women,
Then, be released from her suffering on the
Sabbath?" Which these words our Lord put
His enemies to shame before the people,
Who rejoiced in him.

I am open to receive all help that cones to me


On the busiest road leading to the village an old wise man
sat watching a young man struggling to move logs. The young 
man sweated, panted and moaned. He called out to the old 
man, "Hey, aren't you going to help me get this work done?" 
The old man smiled and said "Yes" and continued to sit. A 
man passed by and greeted the old man with a smile. The 
old man asked, "As a favor to an old man, would you move 
a log?' The man complied, as did the second, the third and 
so on until all the logs were cleared from the old man's 
field. The young man saw this and rebuked the old man for 
being lazy. The wise man smiled and replied, "If you are 
in the right place, at the right time, using your assets, 
the work will get done."


Strategy is better than strength