Hey everyone, I'm Dr. Allison.

Today's scripture offers us a wiser way of being human as we step into the day.

Have you ever been given advice that felt too simple?

Maybe someone suggests something that might actually help you.

Maybe it's to rest more or tell the truth or ask for support

or maybe just take one small step. But instead of relief, something in you resists, not because it's

wrong, but because it feels too small for what you're carrying. You wanted something bigger, something more

dramatic, something that

matches the weight of your pain. This resistance isn't random. It's one of the most common

patterns in the psychology of change, and we see it clearly played out in today's passage.

Today's scripture is selected verses from 2nd Kings 5 5 1 through 14. Here's the context.

Naiman was a valiant soldier and the commander of the army of the king of Aram, but he also had leprosy.

And in the passage, a young servant girl serving in Naiman's household tells Naman's wife

about the prophet Elisha, who is renowned as a healer. Word reaches Naiman, and eventually they send out a

letter and gifts with hopes for healing for Naiman's leprosy. Elijah hears about what is happening and

sends word, bring Naiman to see me. And here's where the passage picks up at verse 9.

So Naiman went with his horses and chariots and stopped at the door of

Elisha's house. Elisha sent a messenger to say to him, go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan,

and your flesh will be restored and you will be cleaned. But Naiman went away angry and said,

I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call in the

name of the Lord is God, wave his hand over the spot, and cure me of my leprosy. Are not Abana and

Farpar, the rivers of Damasca, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn't I wash in them and be

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