Why doesn’t Jesus sometimes want others to share that He healed them in certain situations in the Gospels? Why did He want to be so secretive about who He healed initially? Meg takes a look into why… and it may surprise you.

As I leaned over from the foundation of the citadel to view the city below, it FINALLY DAWNED ON ME. I finally understood the story of David and Bathsheba. From David’s citadel, he could see almost the entire city laid out below. Any superior general or official’s house would have been in close vicinity to the citadel. King David would have been able to look over onto any roof he wanted. And from there, temptation lay.

“Sometimes you spend days hiding from the haunt. Expecting to see it, sometimes you’ll catch a glimpse in the mirror, in the brush of remembrance, or the face of a stranger. And you’ll have a hiccup of the pain creep back in.”

Accounts in the Bible began to solidify in my mind- from what I had imagined to its ACTUAL reality.

When we pulled into the city limits of Jerusalem, the sun had set, but lights blazed from everywhere. There were still people on bicycles, families in the street, laughter, and chatter everywhere. The bus deposited us close to King David's tower. So, we lugged our suitcases up the stairs to the Old City's Jaffa Gate and across the cobblestone road to the Gloria Hotel, which had a sweet, garden-like courtyard and a beautiful dining room. I found my room, which overlooked David's Tower and the cobblestone street below. I couldn't believe where I was…

They say that writers have tortured souls. And they may be right.

The nation of Israel had been waiting for hundreds, even thousands of years for the Anointed One (Messiah) who would come and deliver them. They had been exiled as a nation… thrown into slavery… watched as their temple was demolished and decimated… and yet still- they hoped and prayed for the day when the Messiah would come to save them. That to them- was the Good News.