Can anyone else relate to Paul’s dilemma? We want to do good, but fail to do it. We agree with God in our inner man, but sin seems to get the upper hand in how we act. It is a wretched condition to be in … but there is hope.

I have a degree in accounting so I’m often told that I view numbers differently than most people might. In reading God’s Word I was intrigued to find that Paul used an accounting term in some of his writings.

I read the term “stone catcher” in a memoir called Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. Because the character in his story pointed to the biblical story of the woman caught in adultery to explain the term, I went to this scripture to consider what God might want to teach me about catching stones.

I experienced something that I thought was alarming, until I consulted with an eye doctor who assured me that it was not cause for concern. The liquid vitreous within my right eye is detaching from the retina as a result of the aging process. I guess our bodies really change a lot as we age. It seems odd that detachment would be considered “normal”.

Then, miraculously, he heard the sound of a single snowmobile coming closer. He looked up (the music swelled) and he knew he was saved!

We are all born with a soul disease, sometimes hidden, sometimes exposed for all to see. It can seem that we are leprous, having sores and painful scars on us and in us. We can feel like our disease defines us, but we have a choice.

In 2 Kings 5:1, …