“If I can touch even His clothes… I shall be well again” (Mark 5:28).
In his bestselling book called “Fearfully and Wonderfully Made,” Dr. Paul Brand, a surgeon, says that “Of all the (bodily) organs, skin seems to me the most sacrificial …
Skin absorbs incredible abuse in order to maintain the balance of vital organs inside which cannot tolerate a changing environment. A temperature increase of just seven or eight degrees would kill the whole body! Thus, the skin is called on to act as a radiator, rushing fluids to the surface to cool the body. On a summer day, as much as two gallons of perspiration may be shed to cool the active body. Also, increased blood supply to the skin’s surface dissipates the heat … Because the Christian community represents the Body of Christ to the world, all Christians are called upon to participate in the functions of the skin, so to speak. At times, each of us encounters the friction of…
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