"Then he said to the paralytic, "Get up, take your mat and go home." And the man got up and went home" - Matthew 9:6,7

I always want to know the story beyond the story. I want to know what it was like for that man to get up and walk home. I want to know if his first steps were wobbly on the dirt road for his legs hadn't been used for so long, if ever. I want to know if he had a family to go home too, if he walked through the doorway of his house to shock and surprise a mother, or a sister or a wife who is seeing the love of her life walk for the first time in 20 years. I want to know what his first thoughts were, I want to know if he ran, cried or praised. I want to know the reaction of those who loved him, and I want to know how their lives changed. I want to hear him try to explain to his shocked family what happened...I want to know he ran. I want to know the stories beyond the stories.....