Do You Want to Be Healed?

Musings on John 15:6 and what it means to be healed.

“Do you want to be healed?”

(John 5:6)

Jesus asked this question of the paralytic because He knew what healing requires—readjustment and change, which often makes us squirm with discomfort. The familiar—even if it isn’t ideal or if it’s increasing our pain—often feels safer because it’s known. The unknown can seem terrifying, so we tend to avoid it—thereb…