“And they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed.  Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, ‘Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven…Get up, pick up your bed and go home.’” (Matthew 9) In the pursuit of joy, God grants us His gifts in many ways.  Some gifts are immediate, others last longer.  In this story, the paralyzed man was given immediate joy. Before that day he had known nothing of the joy of running through Read More …