Bent out of shape....

Luke 13:10-17 records the meeting between Jesus, the bound woman, and the Pharisees. The woman had remained 'faithful' despite her affliction and her healing inspired her praise to God. The Pharisee had remained 'faithful' to the traditions and was upset by what he saw as Jesus' flagrant disregard for the traditions.

It raises a couple of questions. Both the woman and the Pharisee were faithful in their own way. At the same time both the woman and the Pharisee were bound in their own way. It would appear at the end of Luke's account that only the woman was freed.

What binds you??? What weighs you down???

And then there is always that other question...Do you really want to be freed????