Lifting up your friends

Mark 2 tells the story of a man who has been crippled for a while and thinks if he can see this guy they call Jesus the Christ he can be healed. The problem is Jesus is so popular at this time that everyone wants to see and this crippled man cannot get to him easily. So when Jesus comes to the area, he tries to get into see him, and the place is full. Since in those days there were no handicap parking spaces or special places reserved for them it looked like he would be crippled for a while. Luck doesn't walk in the door, but providence takes over. Jesus uses the situation to show us how as friends we can bring those in need to Him and He will have compassion for them and He is glorified by these actions. The mans friends devise a plan to get the crippled man into see Jesus. They lift the man up on a mat and open a hole in the roof and begin lowering the man down into Jesus' presence and when Jesus sees the actions of those faithful having compassion tells them man his sins are forgiven and take up his mat and walk away. The man picked up his mat and walked out to the amazement of all there. Now where would this man have been without the faith of his friends. This challenges me to not only pray for my friends in need but to also see where their need and try to meet if physically, monetarily, or whatever. I hope you will see this in this lesson as well and maybe show me other applications to this scripture. Let me know.