There is a Fountain
" Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had." - John 5:1-5 This morning driving into work I had on my playlist, "Choir Favorites." I miss and love my choir, I love singing in choirs and have been singing all of my life. The song, "There is a Fountain" (traditional hymn) came on. Then in my devotion time I read of the fountain of cleansing in a prayer book. There are fountains all in uptown Charlotte to remind me of these truths today and everyday. Further in this text of John there is man who has had a sickness for over 30 years who encounters Jesus. Jesus simply asks, "Do you want to be