Jesus didn't just heal a body that day. He exposed a system that needed healing too. My friends, we live in a world full of systems that are bent out of shape. Religious systems can exclude. Cultural systems ignore suffering. Political systems can demand and expect compliance while disregarding the beauty and importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Hearts would rather be right than be loving, and yet Jesus is still calling people forward. He's still setting people free. And he's still asking us, do you cling to rules or do you open your hands to mercy? Do you see people or do you see problems? Do you look at the unhoused and think addict, or do you see a fellow human in need? Do you look at a coworker and think problem? Do you look at someone who hurt you and think enemy? Mercy looks deeper. Mercy sees a child of God in need of freedom and restoration.