Christ the Healer

I am currently reading F. F. Bosworth's "Christ the Healer". It has been eye-opening. If you have any interest in miracles and healing, this book is required reading. He makes a very convincing case for bodily healing being part of the atonement of Christ - that just as He bore our sin, He also bore our sicknesses. I am not through with it yet and will certainly be posting more about it later. But one thing I will say now, and this is something he addresses in the book, is that most people believe God can heal, but they are not convinced He is willing to heal them - and that is the sticking point.

What do you think? Is Christ always willing to heal?

J

Men Before Me

This is a picture of my grandparents on my dad's side. That's my dad holding what appears to be an official Red Rider BB Gun. My uncle Joe is in that contraption that I think is a stroller. Not yet born is my uncle Wayne.

Interestingly, I just found out that my wife and I share the same wedding anniversary date as my grandparents - August 10. I have a lot of good memories of visiting them in Savannah GA. A time I will never forget is when it was just me and Grandpa sitting on the back of his blue pickup truck - just talkin'. He told me about his times in the Army and I distinctly remember him describing the intercom box in his barracks as the "bitch box". I remember feeling so grown up just sitting there with him. I couldn't have been more than 10 years old at the time.

My granny is on the left. She died when I was in middle school. I just always remember her being in the kitchen. She used to bake corn in the oven with bacon on top. And we all know that everything is better with bacon.