Amen Mike! Love this:

AMEN! My dearest Brother Mike, this is God's grace in action! I had been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis 10 years ago, 3 months after my little one was born. The sudden onset was so severe it effected every joint in my body, even my jaw. Mike, I couldn't even pick up the cordless phone to call for help. I have been taking a daily cocktail to keep this disease that man has no cure for under control since that time. I recently had a flare up last September. It just wanted to remind me it still owned me... My God, my beautiful Savior, my Creator has had favor on me Mike. He is the lover of my soul. He completely healed me of this horrible disease 32 days ago. No pills, no pain, no inflamation, no damage. NO Rheumatoid Arthritis! I have received His mercy and grace. His love is without boundaries. I praise His name daily. I will shout it from the rooftops. I KNOW THE LORD IS WITH US! HALLELUJAH! GLORY TO GOD! THANK YOU LORD! 

God bless you Mike!

You all, everyone at MyChurch, cause a burning in my heart for the Lord.  My soul rejoiceth to read such testamonies.  I know God lives!  Miracles have not ceased, they happen every day.  All we need to do is look.

God bless MyChurch and all its members!

When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, "Don't cry." Then he went up and touched the coffin…

or

“When the Lord saw her he was moved to the depths of his heart for her…”

This is the Lord I want to trust too...

Appreciate it Tom... God is love, a close cousin to compassion!

Preston, you are the "love blogger". Your amen means a lot!

Jade - trusting together. =)

MarJay, strangely (and wonderfully) I've never felt closer to you than I do right now. We are unified by his saving LOVE!

Jan, that burning in your heart for God? Go with it! :)  Great to hear, thanks!

Thanks Joyful Servant!  Joey, you are so appreciated!

Wow Jules, what an awesome word of testimony! I loved reading that...love it!!! Praises to God!

JESUS has been my comfort through many difficult times . . . you know those dark valleys we pass through here on earth . . .  HE is the GOD of never ending LOVE & COMPASSION . . . . Thanks Mike.

Sarah (racunpoodle), praise God that to him WE ARE SOMEBODY!!

Maureen (craftsReen) - my heart rejoices when a word to me is also a word to someone else....thank you for letting me know!

Amy Valley....HIGH FIVE!

Michelle.....the God of comfort...imagine that, the God of comfort? Amazing, isn't it? That he so great, would stoop so far to comfort us????? He is my comfort too, so I know exactly what you mean.

PastorDan, what wonderful words!

Lara, one of many, yes. Though at the moment...it is hard to imagine a better reason!

Terry, amen...and I hope your search through the possibilities is blessed. "...nothing can stop him", b/c he is God!

Jan and Ruth (Bubbles) - it is easy to focus on the praiseworthy aspects of the Christian community, when we are walking closely w/God, isn't it? My soul praises the Lord along with you!!!

Panda....your comment is worth echoing many times over...thanks!

I love reading through all the times where it said Jesus "passed by" a certain town or place, because usually they're towns or places He didn't normally go, and He typically went there specifically too seek out specific people in need -- such as this widow, the woman at the well, etc.  One of my favorites is where He's fleeing the religious leaders who have picked up stones to stone Him:

and as He passed by -- seemingly as He's on His way out of the Pharisees' presence:

Remembering that chapter and verse was added by the translators, the actual record looks like this:

Jesus was, for all the world knows, fleeing for His own life, yet He "fled" towards the very spot where He had a meeting -- apparently still in the same general area as those He was fleeing from! -- with a man He intended to heal.

When you serve a God like that, I mean, what can you do?  His love, compassion, and overwhelmingly intense "seeking out" of those whom He has "divine appointments" for i so staggering, that when you realize He so actively "passed by" your way, and mine, in exactly the same fashion as that widow and that blind man ... well, it holds the power to melt even the most frigid of hearts.

Meant to add:  Him touching the coffin would not have put Him at enmity with the law forbidding the touching of a dead body, and in order for the religious leaders to have proved He touched a dead body, they would have had to give credence and authenticity to His ministry by declaring that the boy had in fact been dead, and thus now, had been resurrected.

They'd much rather "let Him off the hook" for their legal determinations re: the dead-body touching -- certainly the Father had no grievance with it since He directed Him there and, in fact, it was more a "Creation" event than anything else (since Jesus gave life to that which did not have any life in itself) -- than even hint at trying to declare publicly that Jesus touched the dead body.

Can you imagine the "press conference" that would follow?

"Yes, we saw Him touch a dead body."
"Who's dead body did He touch?"
"The widow's son."
"Oh.  But the widow's son isn't dead."
"Well, we're aware of that, but he was when the lawbreaker touched him."

:D

No wonder the saying has been so well-received: "Sin makes you stupid." lol

And isn't it beautiful Deb!? This energizes me!

You're welcome Leigh!! God's timing is always perfect!

Yes Neil, this was an amazing revelation to me too, when I studied the book of Luke a year ago. And as I wrote,it has continued to impact me right up to today.