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In Jerusalem, at a pool called Bethesda 
Many have come     
Heavy with their afflictions
The blind, the lame, the arthritic 
The ones with chronic pain
Each one hopes to be there when the pool 
Bubbles and churns
For it was said that an angel stirred the 
Waters with healing powers
And the first ones into the water would be cured
One of these, Amos, lies crippled on his mat 
He comes here every day

Someone says, The waters are moving!
At once friends come forward to help others 
Into the healing waters
But Amos cannot hurry at all
He must use his arms to drag himself to the pool
And he never gets there in time

The waters stop churning
And he drags himself back to his mat
He has failed again. In fact he has failed 
For thirty-eight years
Amos has grown used to failure

When Jesus sees him lying there
He can tell that he has been ill for a long time
He walks over to him and holds him in his gaze
And then he asks, Do you want to be healed?	

Amos stares over at the others and says
Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool 
When the water is stirred up
Someone always gets there before me
Jesus says again, Do you want to be healed?

Finally the man looks up at him
And sees that Jesus peers directly into his eyes
Into his soul
There is something different about his one
--As if he has known him all his life
Could this be the one to help me into the pool?
Could I finally be free to walk like others?
Can I trust this man?

Then Jesus says something quite unexpected 
Rise, take up your mat, and walk.
Immediately the man feels a change in his legs 
His muscles, his feet
They begin to move. He begins to move them
No pool, no waters, no race to be first
Slowly he sways to the side and pushes himself 
Up to his knees
Leaning on a pillar, he begins to rise on unsteady limbs
He wavers and finds his balance
And at last lets go and stands free
He walks around amazed, exhilarated
Can it be that simple?
Can this really have happened to me?
--After thirty-eight years!

Then, remembering the words of the one who 
Healed him
He returns to pick up his mat and walk home
And all this happened on a Sabbath