Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format.
by Kathi
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Mark 5: 21-43
When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake. Then one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, came there. Seeing Jesus, he fell at his feet and pleaded earnestly with him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.” So Jesus went with him.
A large crowd followed and pressed around him. And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, because she thought, “If just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.
At once Jesus realized that power had one out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?” “You see the people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who touched me?'”
But Jesus looked around to see who had done it. Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”
While Jesus was still speaking, some men came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue ruler. “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the teacher any more?” Ignoring what they said, Jesus told the synagogue ruler, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”
He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James. When they came to the home of the synagogue ruler, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly. He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.” But they laughed at him.
After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. He took her by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”) Immediately the girl stood up and walked around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished. He gave strict orders not to let anyone know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.
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May the peace of the Lord Christ go with you: wherever he may send you;
may he guide you through the wilderness: protect you from the storm;
may he bring you home rejoicing: at the wonders he has shown you;
may he bring you home rejoicing: once again into our doors.
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Feel free to join the discussion.
You can share your church struggles and concerns.
Let’s also use it as a time to encourage one another spiritually.
What have you found spiritually encouraging lately?
Do you have any special Bible verses to share, any YouTube songs that you have found uplifting?
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photo credit: Brian – Cabin in The Enchantments – Washington
Spiritual Sounding Board 
Thanks Kathi for another beautiful Sunday Gathering!
Also, thank you for knitting and mailing me a purple ribbon in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness month (October). I am storing it to wear next year.
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Black Gospel…The Williams Brothers from Mississippi singing the song they wrote to honor their mother “Mama Prayed For Me”.
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The Williams Brothers singing the Fanny Crosby gospel song”Pass Me Not”. (Fanny was blinded shortly after birth in 1820. She became a prolific gospel and hymn writer and was the force behind congregational singing. She is referred to as the “Queen of Gospel Songwriters”. She wrote more than 8,000 songs. 100 million copies have been printed.
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Velour – You’re welcome! I have more ribbons if anyone still wants one!
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Thank you Kathi. Beautiful songs and scripture about our Lord and his grace, power and mercy.
I did have a long b**ch written about comments made at the small group that I attended last night, but decided not to inflict that insanity on anyone else.
If Amos is out there, I would appreciate the link to the stats on church “leaders” that you gave a short time ago. How many quit, have affairs with women in the church, how many wives don’t want to be a pastor’s wife, etc. I would like to send that link to the pastor and elders with the rose colored glasses on.
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