"Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored." (v. 10)

Prayer: Dear Lord, when we call on you for help, we have our own idea of the kind of help we want, when it should come, and how it should come. Help us to realize that your answer may be different from ours, and will always be more effective. Amen.

While waiting in line at the bank, Earl, a friend I hadn’t seen for some time, told me of a visit he recently had made to a doctor.

He said, "I was having some skin problems, and got an appointment with a specialist. While I was waiting in the doctor’s office, I noticed a woman who went in ahead of me. Her face was quite broken out. They called me in next and put me in the little room next to hers. There were only thin partitions there, and I could hear the con…