Renew hope

I was looking at John 1:1-9 tonight and I couple of notes I like to share. One, If you look at verse 1 you see the Lord and his disciples walking. Taking into account walking around mountains and natural curves of the roads and landscape the trip traveled was allot of miles for a walk. Such a trip from Galilee to Jerusalem would take days. Jesus and his disciples were fit and in their thirties. They were people used to walking in a land with hills and small mountains.
Two, When Jesus asked the man with a condition that left him powerless to walk on his own in verse 6b, "Do you what to get well?", two observations I like to make: first, people who have lifetime sickness have long lost hope that they will get better. New technology and advances can often restore hope. This man hoping for superstition of an angel stirring the water would heal him. His failure to move shows how pathetic his condition was. Secondly, Jesus wanted the man to get his focus off the pool and unto Him. Jesus would do the healing and not superstition. At no time does the Lord achknoledge the superstition of verse 4. Third the healing was done without the man having faith. When the healing took place so did the rehab as he was able to walk.
Thank God for medicine and doctors, nurses and tecks who use their skills and knowledge to restore our health. Sometimes we are healed and often we are helped to cope with conditions so that we can live our lives. Hope returns and we move forward.
Walking helps my arthritus and my health in so many ways. Sometimes healing other times relief to keep moving forward. Hope renewed with each walk. Today I walked indoors with an inhome walking program. Keep walking!