February 11, 2010
Mark 2
Lynell McCrary
I love the story of the four friends that lowered their paralytic friend - through the roof - and into the presence of Jesus. As I picture the scene, I realize that it could not have been even one less than all four friends, working together as a team. With only one, two or three of them, the man would have slid off of the stretcher as he was lowered through the roof. It took four!
The Bible doesn’t give us a history behind relationships that were built over the years among that group of friends. Yet when the time was at hand, the friends were ready to act and there for one another.
Who are my “stretcher friends” that would lower me through the roof, because of their faith? Who are yours? Take time to thank your “stretcher friends.” I am reminded to build into the relationships that I have, because I never know when life’s path may take me to a place where I need to rely on the faith of my friends.
California native Lynell McCrary began serving on the Grace Covenant Connections staff three years ago and became the ministry’s director last June.
