at first we trusted anyone who said they had a cure but with every disappointment it grew harder to be sure still when we heard of jesus we went looking for this man who could break the grip of demons by the pow r of his command we found his close disciples in the foothills where he d been but as i tried to talk to them the devil struck again and my son began to scream aloud and his eyes rolled back inside he fell and moaned and stiffened out and i turned to them and cried cast it out of him i beg you but it was all to no avail and as each one made excuses all my hopes began to fail then i heard excited voices shouting out the master s here and as jesus walked right toward me desperation conquered fear and i begged him rabbi help us he s my son my only son your men have tried to cast it out but nothing could be done and he s been like this since childhood no one can tell us why but sir if you can help at all i beg you please to try if you can he thundered you ask me if i can everything is possible if there s faith inside a man i cried oh lord forgive me please i ve lived so long with grief i do believe you can oh lord please help my unbelief he told the spirit leave the boy and enter him no more it shrieked and threw him on the ground worse than all the times before til at last he lay just like a corpse and i thought it was the end but jesus raised him up and said here s your son my friend we walked back home that evening and his mother laughed and cried as we told her all that jesus did how the others failed that tried and the lesson that he taught me in the healing we received everything is possible to someone who believes everything is possible to someone who believes it is your father s joy to give to all who will receive those who strive are always caught in the tangled webs they weave but everything is possible to someone who believes