Acts 20:32–35 ESV

"... And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. I coveted no one’s silver or gold or apparel. You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities and to those who were with me. In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Acts 19:11–12 ESV

And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them.

Genesis 19:15–17 ESV

As morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city.” But he lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city. And as they brought them out, one said, “Escape for your life. Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away.”

But he lingered...

Walk away.

Matthew 17:4 ESV

“And Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good that we are here. If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.””

Peter, not knowing what to say, said...

Acts 17:6 ESV

“These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also...”

How very cool!

I had an appointment this morning for an MRCP (magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography. yep, that's what it's called.

seriously).

The purpose was to gather evidence to assist in diagnosing conditions within my abdomen. Along the way, we acquired incontrovertible evidence of conditions within my psyche.

I am claustrophobic.

Indubitably.