Jackie most certainly did NOT want to give up Fardus, especially when she knew he'd end up right back in the bouncy seat. But it was his mom, for goodness sake, so she did. She smiled and carefully lifted the small body to his mother's arms.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if Jesus healed Fardus?
"You know the story," said Jackie. "Jesus and his disciples are in a boat and out of nowhere comes a huge storm. The boat is getting flooded with water and the disciples are starting to panic. They realize that Jesus is taking a nap in the bottom of the boat. How can one sleep at a time like this? They wake him up and in their fear they say, 'We are going to die!' and what does Jesus do?"
"He calms the storm," replied Liya.
"Yes, He calms the storm. But even before he does that, he turns to his disciples and says, 'You of little faith, why are you so afraid?' Then, when he calmed the storm, his disciples are so amazed. What sort of man is this that even the winds and waves obey him? We serve a mighty God, Liya."
"Yes."
"He has power over everything."
"Yes, He does."
Jackie stopped walking and looked at her friend, "I know He can do a miracle for this family. And He's asking me, 'Jackie, why are you so afraid?'"
"And what do you say?"
"I say, yes, why am I so afraid? Am I afraid to pray for healing and it not happen? Am I afraid to share Jesus and watch Him get rejected? Am I afraid I will put Jesus' Name on the line? And if that is the case, am I afraid Jesus is not big enough to defend His own Name? What am I afraid of? And why?"
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