Ever struggled with a victim mentality or shifting blame for your life on other people or external circumstances? If Jesus came to you right now and asked, “Do you want to be made well?”, what would you say?

In this episode of the Eternal Echoes podcast, host Katharine Rose takes a pause from conversations with older Christians to reflect on the story from John 5:1-9, where Jesus heals the paralytic man at the Bethesda pool.

Katharine explains how there was a time in her life when she too answered Jesus’ question, “Do you want to be made well?”, with a list of excuses and reasons as to why she wasn’t well and had every reason not to be well.

It was during Havilah Cunnington’s “I Do Hard Things” study years ago that Katharine realized she had a victim mentality and had to make a choice: stay in a pit or pick up her mat and walk.

Join her on the podcast as she shares what she’s learned from this text and why it’s so important to exercise your agency and take responsibility for your own life.

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