the madman of Gadara page 2 by ric gustafson.
The Teacher woke up and looked around. He slowly stood up and stretched out his arms. " Quiet, settle down" he said in a loud voice. The wind and the Sea calmed down. The Teacher turned and pointed a finger at us. " Don't you have any faith at all".
All of us were amazed that the wind,rain and the Sea obey him.
We rowed into the sand of Gadara. Myself and another follower jumped out of the boat to pull it in. As we were doing this, what looked like a crazy man ran toward us wailing and rattling a huge chain that hung around him. We had oars in our hands and were ready to defend the Teacher. This crazy man fell onto his knees at the Teacher's feet.
A strange voice came out of the man. " What business do you have here Jesus Son of God?".
Jesus simply asked " what is your name?".
" Legion".
" Come out of him!".
" Please don't send us away" the voice shrieked from inside the man. " Send us into that herd of swine".
Jesus looked at the swine herd and then gave his ok.
The demons entered the swine and the whole herd went over the cliff and drowned in the Sea below.
I saw the crazy man get up and begin to talk to the Teacher in a normal voice. He was so happy to be free of the demons that he asked the Teacher if he could join our group. Jesus smiled, hugged him and instructed him to stay and tell everyone what had just happened to him.
Everyone have a great Saturday. Love Ric.
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