Companionship is what makes every journey enjoyable.

Today, we continue our journey with Jesus.

Join Scott Pauli as we make brief stops in the Gospel according to Mark.

We trust you will enjoy the journey.

This gospel of action that we're studying our way through, the Gospel According to Mark,

is so fast moving.

The scenes keep changing quickly.

Today we're in Mark chapter 5, and there are two stories interwoven into one another.

The story of two very needy families, two very needy people, how Jesus met all of their needs.

Aren't you glad Christ is enough?

The Bible says in verse number 21, when Jesus was passed over again by ship under the other side,

much people gathered unto him, and he was nigh unto the sea.

And behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Gyrus by name,

and when he saw him, he fell at his feet and besought him greatly, saying,

My little daughter, lieth at the point of death. I pray thee come and lay thy hands on her that she may

be healed and she shall live. And Jesus went with him and much people followed him and thronged him.

Now, we're coming back to the story of Jaris because the rest of that story is found at the end of this chapter, but there's an interruption.

At least for Jarus it was an interruption.

It really was a divine appointment with a woman who stops the procession.

Now, I've got to tell you as a dad, if I'm trying to get Jesus to my sick daughter, I'm a little annoyed at this.

And yet Jesus stops and takes the time to meet this need as well.

It's a beautiful picture of the fact Jesus is never too in a hurry for sinners.

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