Ascension Lutheran Church

Years ago I was talking to my pastor about something that was bothering me. He let me ‘get it
off my chest.’ When I was done, I guess I expected him to say, “You poor guy;” and in general
feel sorry for me. Instead, he asked me, “What are you going to do about it?”
In the city of Jerusalem there was a special pool. A large crowd of people with various diseases
and injuries would gather around that pool. From time to time an angel would stir up the water,
and whoever went into the water first was miraculously healed of whatever was wrong with him.

There was a man in the crowd who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. He didn’t have
anyone to help him get into the pool, so he hadn’t been able to be cured.