The scripture says that he came to Jesus begging him.

The ruler of the synagogue had suddenly become a beggar.

How many times in your life have you been reduced to begging?

It takes a serious matter, doesn't it?

Well, this man had a reason to beg.

We read, he fell down at Jesus' feet and begged him to come to his house,

for he had an only daughter about 12 years of age, and she was dying.

Now, when your only daughter, your child is dying, you will beg.

Throughout our lives as Christians, we experience different seasons, seasons of blessing and joy, but also seasons

of lack, and even seasons of sorrow and suffering.

Even in those low moments, we may be brought to our knees, just like Gyrus, this ruler

of the synagogue.

Hello and welcome to the Tuesday edition of Renewing Your Mind, and this week we're meeting

people who had face-to-face encounters with Jesus.

We've learned that Gyrus would beg Jesus to come, but did he?

Let's find out as we join Dr. Spraw.

I was in Miami a couple of years ago, and somebody came up to me and asked me if I would visit the home of a woman who was a Christian who had been suffering from cancer for 10 years.

And so I went to meet with this person and I sat sat and talked with her, and she related to me the experience that she had gone through over this 10-year period of time.

And at one point in our conversation, she reached over and she grasped my hand, and she squeezed hand and tears came to her eyes and she said, R.C.,

I don't know how much longer I can take this.

And I think we've all known people who have gone through protracted periods of pain and of suffering.

And they really don't know how they've been able to manage over the long haul.

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