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A Touch of Healing, II

Album: 24: Risks and Rewards

Episode: 319

Lesson/Theme: Accepting things beyond our control.

Bible Verse: 1 John 5:14

Characters: Connie, Jason

Writer: Paul McCusker

Sound Designer: Dave Arnold

Original Air Date: June 17, 1995

Last Air Date: April 14, 2009

Description:
Continued frompart I... Later, Eileen tells Jason and Jack that Zachary no longer wants to go to therapy because he wants to spend all his time in the Imagination Station. She complains that Jason’s program has given Zach false hope. They’ve argued nonstop because she won’t let him go in there anymore. But Jason is still excited about his Imagination Station program and, in spite of Jack’s objections, even agrees to do an interview with Cryin’ Bryan Dern about it. After the interview, Whit’s End becomes madhouse, it seems every kid in Odyssey wants to try the Imagination Station. Some of the children are disappointed and upset that they haven’t been “healed” of their problems. Zach arrives on the scene and insists on being allowed to enter the Station. He gets into a fight with his mother, saying that he hates everyone who gets in the way of the Station adventure. Realizing the damage he’s been doing, Jason closes down the Imagination Station until further notice. Privately, Zach tells Jack he is sorry he ever tried the Imagination Station. Now, he’s worried that he may never walk again. Jack encourages Zach to concentrate on the spiritual healing that needs to take place. Jack prays with him and his mother, Eileen, to receive Christ. At the hospital, Connie’s grandmother feels her time has almost ended. She urges Connie to pray, not for healing, but for strength. Mildred slips into a coma. Jack visits Connie at the hospital, and Connie expresses her confusion over Mildred’s suffering. It seems her prayers haven’t been answered. Jack says he can’t really explain it, but although suffering is an inevitable result of our fallen world, it is still important to pray. That way we can better understand the mind of God and feel His comfort. Connie and her mom continue their vigil at the hospital, and Connie urges her mom to accept the Lord and His strength for herself, just as Mildred dies.

Questions:
Why was Jack opposed to Jason’s new Imagination Station program? Do you agree with Jack’s reservations? Why or why not? Why is it important to persist in praying, even when it seems God isn’t answering your prayers? What did Connie learn through her grandmother’s illness?