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I was no angel growing up. In fact, I was kind of a dork. My mouth was generally engaged before my brain, and I constantly blurted out things that, if thought through, were usually better left unsaid. It wasn't because I was mean, it was because I lacked any sense of self-control or discipline. If I was a child today, I'd have been diagnosed as ADHD and destroyed for life by psychotropic drugs.
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When we last left Jarius, Jesus had agreed to go with him to heal Jarius' daughter. Now we learn that it's too late. Some men met Jesus, Jarius and the crowds following them and reported that the girl was dead. That's a faith-destroyer. Jarius must have been on his knees in tears.
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Between the two parts of Jarius' story, as Jesus and the crowd that surrounded Him were walking to Jarius' home, Jesus felt His healing power emanating from Him - received by someone in the crowd hidden among them.
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Believing in something is one thing; faith in the promises of what you believe is quite another. When you stand up, you not only believe that your feet, ankles, and knees will support and balance you, you have faith that they will. If you don't you'd hold on to whatever you could as you rose - just to be sure - then slowly test your legs to be sure they'll function as you hope.
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Pig farmers probably weren't too popular among the Jews, pigs being 'unclean' and all. But it appears to have been a profitable line of work, judging by the townspeople's reaction: "The people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region" (Mark 5:17). they were in agreement with "Legion", an apparently large group of evil spirits, who also didn't want to leave the area. (Mark 5:10). Of course, the possessed man, once freed from his possession, begged Jesus to allow him to leave the region with Him - no wonder: the town seemed to prefer evil spirits over Jesus Christ Himself!
Read more: The Famous Case of the Devilled Ham - Mark 5:1-20