Jesus: Watch Out Below

Sunday, October 19, 2008
Message by:  Youth Pastor, Neal Thorne

His mind and his body begged him to slow down and take a break, only for a brief moment.  The task of carrying his paralyzed friend had taken its toll on his out of shape body.  But his heart knew that this was their chance.  And so, he continued on. His forearms burning, his shoulders on fire from the lifting, he kept his head up, his mind determined and his feet one in front of the other.  As he looked ahead he noticed his 3 other friends were most definitely exhausted as well, for they too shared the burden of carrying the body of their paralyzed friend.  Their thought? If we can just get him to Jesus, the pain of the journey will forever be worth it.  They made it. But making it wasn’t enough.  The toughest part of the journey had just begun.