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There are many times in life when we are wiser to go back before we go on. For many of us and much more than we realize there is someone behind us who has given us some valuable direction, the worth of which we never realized until we began to act upon it.
We are much better at praying than we are at praising. It is amazing how quickly we forget the depth of our cry and the relief when God meets us at our point of need.
There was really no promise of healing as Jesus sent them to the priest. Perhaps they thought that their healing might come from him.
It only occurred to one that he should return to give thanks. The others returned to the source of their healing as the others went to have themselves declared clean. He knew he was clean – as clean as he could get – he didn’t require the proclamation of the priest.
The others were more concerned with their official proclamation than they were with the fact that they had met the healer.
The glory tends to fade as time passes. I guess that’s normal.
This was an immediate response. He didn’t choose to do it later – it had to be now.