Acts 3: 1-9,16

I am starting this new blog as an opportunity to share my thoughts, and some of the thoughts of you as you comment. I am taking a religion class at Brigham Young University-Idaho with a focused study of The New Testament in the bible. For this blog, I am going to focus on The Acts chapter 3: 1-9,16. Please feel free to comment on this post. It can be a comment of agreement, or disagreement. All that matters is that we get our thoughts out there and work on being in one accord with Christ.
Read Acts3: 1-9, 16, the whole chapter if you get a chance.
In this scriptural passage, you have Peter and John heading to the temple to do service for the Lord. There was a man that was lame, that begged for alms from these men. Not lame as we use it today, but it is a condition where the person is crippled or disabled, especially in the legs making it difficult to walk or move. When he begged for coin, Peter said in verse 6: Silver and gold have I none; bu such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. Then Peter took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
Now it is interesting to note that this lame man did not ask them to be healed. He asked them for alms or donations. But this is how the Lord answers our prayers. Sometimes we ask for things that we feel we need, it is a want on our part that we think we need at that moment or in the future. But God can see the whole picture, and will bless us with what we need. These alms that Peter and John would give him would only be temporary. He would need money or donations again, because he was a cripple and could not provide for himself. But now with him being healed through faith on the Savior Jesus Christ, he can start his life anew and provide for himself and anyone else. He could carry on the work of the Lord from what he saw happen in his life. He could be a productive son of God and accomplish more than he could have before. It would take hard work to make money again, learning new skills after not working for however long he was crippled, but now he knew that with faith, all things are possible through Christ.
I hope this could be as much help to you as it was for me. I know that through faith, all things are possible. And that Jesus Christ made it possible through the atonement and grace that was made possible through His sacrifice. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.