Stand Tall and Praise God

My story today comes from Luke 13:10-17.

She had gotten used to looking at people out of the corner of her eye, by looking up and sideways. After eighteen years she could hardly remember any other way of seeing the world. On this Sabbath, there was a special excitement in the synagogue where she regularly went to worship. A Galilean preacher and prophet, Jesus of Nazareth, had arrived in town and would be preaching there. She and the others in town had heard the reports about Jesus—how he talked about God’s reign and how he healed sick people. She was not sure if she should believe these rumor...