Letters July 14, 2003 Issue

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with contributions from Dorothy John Davis, Katherine M. Ivy Ellis, David A. Cornell, Patricia Drysdale

I went back to the article "Breakfast with Tom" in the May 19 Sentinel as I was reading the second installment in the June 2 issue. While reading how Tom Boomershine discovered the storytelling aspect of the Gospels, my foot began to itch. This has been an ongoing problem. The irritation has been exceedingly painful, and sometimes I feel like crying inside. But I had been praying for some time to hear God's "angel" thoughts.

I took ideas from this article to tell myself the story of the leper who came to Jesus asking to be healed. I thought of this man wrapped in a blanket, feeling the pain and disease of his affliction. Trembling with the agitation of his discomfort, he sees Jesus approaching. There is a light coming from him. Not a blinding light, but a warm, comforting light.

How can I explain it? I think of a snowy night and a log cabin in the valley with all the windows lit. There is smoke coming from the chimney. The glow is one of warmth, comfort, and home. This is the kind of light I see coming from the man on the road. I know I have entered this circle of warm light when I fall to my face and ask for healing. I know I have come home.

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