More Than Silver and Gold

How God Uses a Nervous Yes to Heal Others

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Addison Collingsworth
December 19, 2025

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Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man by Nicolas Poussin | Modified by Bryan Arcebal

Time slowed.

I stared at the man.
Then at Eddie.
Then back at the man.

My brain was sprinting. My heart pounded so loud I was sure they could both hear it. Eddie had just told this guy I was going to pray for his shoulders, and somehow, this stranger had said yes.

I was frozen in the Home Depot lumber aisle, trying to remember how to breathe. My palms were slick with sweat. I wondered if he’d feel it when I laid my hand on him.

No time left. I forced my foot forward, like dragging it through wet cement, and closed the gap. My damp, shaky hand rose and rested on his shoulder.

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