Mark 7:32-33 CEB

[32] Some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly speak, and they begged him to place his hand on the man for healing. [33] Jesus took him away from the crowd by himself and put his fingers in the man's ears. Then he spit and touched the man's tongue.

Mark 7:32-33 CEB

Do you notice the pattern in the way Jesus meets with people, the pattern in the way these healings unfold?

No I didn't notice it either - they all seem different. 

Crowds, no crowds, touch, no touch, distance, and this one so up close Jesus poked his fingers in the man's ears, and it seems put his spit on his tongue!

Very strange!

Jesus meets people in different ways.

And there is no reason why given.

Perhaps this is what we're meant to see, that Jesus meets with people in different ways, that comparing isn't helpful, and if we try to figure it out we probably won't get an explanation...

Perhaps this is about Faith.

Faith in a person who is at least as complex as we are. 

Faith in a person who also holds all the Power, all the Authority, all of the Complexity of the Eternal.

Faith in Jesus, God/man, who on this day chose to take this man away on his own and put his fingers in his ears. 

And.

And we are Beloved by Him.

#gospelofMark #GoodNews 

#invitation 

#weareinaBigStory #weareBeloved