'The soul that is bent

The soul that is bent in the most hideous deformity!

"A woman was there who had been crippled by an evil spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over, and could not straighten up at all.

When Jesus saw her, He called her forward and said to her, 'Woman, you are set free from your infirmity!' Then He put His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God!" Luke 13:11-13

In the Dore Gallery in London there is a picture, the foreground of which consists of groups of people, rich and poor, young and old, kings and beggars — all turning beseeching looks upon a far-away figure.

It is the Savior, clothed in robes of dazzling whiteness, bearing a cross, with a hand uplifted, beckoning all these broken-hearted ones, captives and sorrow-laden ones — to come to Him for rest.

That is always a true picture of Christ. He is saying to every soul bowed down, "You are set free! I care not what the bonds are that bind you. I care not how deformed your life is, how bent, how crooked.

I care not what it may have been which has bowed you down, nor how long you may have bent over — I say to you, there is One who can loosen your chains and make you straight!"

He who by word and touch made a crooked, stiffened body erect and lithe, lifting the face from its downward gazing to look up into the face divine — can do the same for the soul that is bent in the most hideous deformity!

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