Wednesday 6 September

Colossians 1:1-8, Psalm 52, Luke 4:38-44

Healer and challenger

St. Peter’s mother-in-law was suffering from a fever. Jesus Christ did not waste time in making her better. He simply healed her. When I get in a tizz, a 'fever,' about the trials of being a family person trying to follow Jesus Christ, he comes to me both as healer and challenger. How do I keep on? St. Paul writes about living in a community in which people are living in the Spirit of healing and challenge. Occasionally I will need to withdraw and go somewhere lonely to pray through my trials with God.