tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49463888366691409792024-03-18T16:00:38.804+13:00Ramblings of a Stumbling FollowerReflections taken from Daily Mass Readings of the Catholic Church, New Zealand. The approach taken is that of Scripture Journaling or lectio divina (“Divine Reading”).
The Stumbling Follower has had no theological training and so his musings are just as the title suggests - Ramblings.
He hopes his love for the Lord Jesus will encourage and edify.Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09776478681524686750noreply@blogger.comBlogger1733125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946388836669140979.post-51601038060757689522024-03-07T07:00:00.002+13:002024-03-07T07:00:31.652+13:00Be One<p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>Every kingdom divided against itself is heading for ruin, and a household divided against itself collapses. <br />Lk.11:17</i></blockquote><p></p><p>Jesus is answering the accusation that he casts out devils by the power of Beelzebul, the prince of devils. Even logic refutes this as an impossibility. Being a consummate teacher, Jesus uses the occasion to teach a truth... united we stand, divided we fall. </p><p>Much of Jesus' prayer recorded in the Gospels is for unity among believers. For good reason. He knows our propensity to disunity and the power of its destruction. </p><p>Striving for unity, sooner or later, involves me giving up my rights... and that is hard. Even so, what is the alternative? A collapsed house, a ruined kingdom.</p><p><i>Jesus, help me give up my rights as you gave up yours. <br />Saints Felicity and Perpetua, please pray for me.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p>Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803682337812943485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946388836669140979.post-52990989641421476282024-03-06T07:23:00.004+13:002024-03-06T07:23:56.606+13:00The Spirit of the Law<p></p><blockquote><i>Do not imagine that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete them.<br />Mt.5:17</i></blockquote><p></p><p>Jesus has just started his great Sermon on the Mount, establishing the ground rules for what he is about to teach. The letter of the law is about to be given spirit. "You have heard it said... but I tell you..."</p><p>The letter of the law is death. The spirit of the law gives life and life in its fullness. The Pharisee within me loves the letter of the law. It is crisp, black and white, easy to administer. The trouble with the letter of the law is that it not only condemns those to whom I apply it, it condemns me! </p><p>The spirit of the law applies the letter of the law through the lens of mercy. Mercy is messy. When mercy is applied I get the nagging feeling that people are "getting away with it". And indeed they are. Praise God!</p><p>As a man who would be hung, drawn and quartered by the letter of the law, I thank God for the spirit of the law. His mercy is my only hope.</p><p><i>Thank you Jesus for your wonderful mercy. I place my trust in you.</i></p><p><br /></p>Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803682337812943485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946388836669140979.post-24174490203429236432024-02-24T08:30:00.003+13:002024-02-24T08:30:47.546+13:00Love <p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>But I say this to you: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you; in this way you will be sons of your Father in heaven.<br />Mt5:44,45</i></blockquote><p></p><p>Jesus raises the bar on what it means to be a follower of him. Pray for my persecutors, love my enemies. This is the test of an authentic Christian.</p><p>My human nature wants to curse my persecutors and hate my enemies. The world would welcome and applaud me as one of its own. I am called to something greater, something divine. </p><p>Easy to achieve? Jesus never says that. He just does it and then turns, beckons me and says, "Come, follow me". </p><p><i>Lord, with you all things are possible. I place my trust in you.</i></p>Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803682337812943485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946388836669140979.post-19380040873886446282024-02-17T08:17:00.004+13:002024-02-17T08:17:53.325+13:00Stretcher Bearer<p></p><blockquote><i><blockquote>It is not those who are well who need the doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the virtuous, but sinners to repentance.<br />Lk.5:31,32</blockquote></i></blockquote><p></p><p>In calling Matthew the tax collector and then attending a party of tax collectors and sinners, given in his honour, Jesus unequivocally announces who he came for. The sick, the sinner, the bottom of the heap. </p><p>Jesus clearly attracted broken people, the social outcasts. In the last two thousand years the Church has lost that charismatic appeal. I know in my pre-christian days, the Church was the last place I felt drawn to in my brokenness. "They'd just make me feel worse!" </p><p>People are aching for the healing that only Jesus can give. I love Pope Francis' vision of the Church as a hospital in the field of battle. I want to be a stretcher bearer in that sort of Church. </p><p><i>Jesus, help me be an agent not of judgement but of compassion that people may be drawn to you, the great physician. </i></p>Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803682337812943485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946388836669140979.post-63051761379525798262024-02-15T07:38:00.005+13:002024-02-15T07:38:56.487+13:00Die to Live<p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross every day and follow me.<br />Lk.9:23</i></blockquote><p></p><p>Jesus reveals what it takes to live as a disciple... death.</p><p>Death as Jesus talks about it isn't the final end of the story. It is a door to new life. That has certainly been my experience. The death of my old man gave birth to a new man, a baby full of new life. </p><p>In A Christmas Carol, I love how Scrooge declared on waking from his terror with the Spirits of Christmas, "I don’t know anything. I’m quite a baby. Never mind. I don’t care. I’d rather be a baby.” That Christmas Day was the first day of his new life.</p><p>Jesus says this death needs to happen daily. Today, again, can be the first day of my life!</p><p>Jesus, today I die so I may live. Oh what joy!</p><p><br /></p>Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803682337812943485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946388836669140979.post-43842016734602274602024-02-13T08:23:00.000+13:002024-02-13T08:23:04.237+13:00Good Yeast<p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.<br />Mk.8:15</i></blockquote><p></p><p>Jesus warns of the negative influences that can have a bad effect on how we live. Bad yeast... bad loaf.</p><p>When I think of "bad yeast" in my life I remember the 60s and 70s era in which I was raised. The "do what you like" culture of sex, drugs and rock n roll took its toll on me and others with whom I lived. </p><p>However, there was good yeast among the bad. I remember a wonderful Catholic lady who sat on the back step and patiently listened to the unbelievable babblings of an unbelievable teenager. She later became my mother-in-law. Her witness continues to influence me.</p><p><i>Jesus, help me be good yeast to those I meet today, especially the young. </i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803682337812943485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946388836669140979.post-79782519030775350122024-02-10T07:02:00.000+13:002024-02-10T07:02:06.451+13:00Compassion<p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>Jesus called his disciples to him and said to them, "I feel sorry for all these people".<br />Mk.8:1,2</i></blockquote><p></p><p>After teaching a great crowd for three days, Jesus is moved by compassion for them to perform a miracle. He feeds them all from seven loaves and a few fish.</p><p>Compassion: The sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others. It's a great motivator for acts of love and acts of love can result in miracles. </p><p><i>Lord, stir within me compassion for those I meet today.<br />Saint Scholastica, please pray for me.</i></p><p><br /></p>Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803682337812943485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946388836669140979.post-42414931539599672722024-02-07T08:15:00.002+13:002024-02-07T08:15:58.149+13:00Create in Me a Pure Heart<p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>For it is from within, from men’s hearts, that evil intentions emerge.<br />Mk.7:21</i></blockquote><p></p><p>Jesus makes the point that religious observance without purity of heart is deceitful hypocrisy. Jesus is more concerned with my inner health than my outer observances.</p><p>Jesus consistently refers to the state of the heart. Is it clean or unclean, pure or impure? He zeros in on the truth that good or evil actions start from good or evil thoughts and thoughts are generated from the state of my heart. </p><p>Healthy heart, healthy thoughts, healthy actions. </p><p><i>Lord, create in me a pure heart. Put a steadfast spirit within me.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803682337812943485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946388836669140979.post-46201154674671149182024-02-05T08:42:00.000+13:002024-02-05T08:42:22.239+13:00His Healing Touch<p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>They laid down the sick in the open spaces, begging him to let them touch even the fringe of his cloak. And all those who touched him were cured.<br />Mk.6:56</i></blockquote><p></p><p>Jesus' fame had gone before him and now crowds of sick are being healed, simply by a touch.</p><p>In this Gospel account, the invitation to touch comes from Jesus while the initiative to touch comes from the toucher. In my own experience of a wonderful healing, I had to invite Jesus in, touch him, to receive the healing. </p><p>Jesus heals through relationships, either directly with the person in need of healing or through "friends of friends". Our God is a personal God who wants to touch our lives.</p><p><i>Jesus, I touch you anew this morning. Heal me so I may bring others to your healing touch.<br />Saint Agatha, please pray for me.</i></p><p><br /></p>Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803682337812943485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946388836669140979.post-45965345672266884472024-02-03T09:21:00.001+13:002024-02-03T09:21:09.555+13:00Guilt-free Rest<p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>Then he said to them, ‘You must come away to some lonely place all by yourselves and rest for a while’.<br />Mk.6:31</i></blockquote><p></p><p>The apostles have returned from their mission trip full of news on what they had done. Jesus senses what they really need... rest.</p><p>Jesus endorses rest. Hardly a surprise as so did his Father on the seventh day of creation, but still, what a relief. </p><p>I've just returned from a six day retreat. On day one the Spirit led me to the 23rd Psalm. My initial reaction was, "Why? I've heard and read this so many times". Then, I was led to the second verse, "He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters." </p><p>It struck me that the Lord doesn't invite me to lie down, he makes me. Subsequently, I spent many hours lying down on a verdant lawn adjacent to a pond with a gentle fountain. I hadn't realised how much I needed that.</p><p>Guilt-free rest. We all need it.</p><p><i>Thank you Lord for green pastures and still waters. </i></p><p><br /></p>Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803682337812943485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946388836669140979.post-59619027290352328072024-02-02T09:36:00.001+13:002024-02-02T09:36:16.994+13:00Presented<p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>The parents of Jesus took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord.<br />Lk.2:22</i></blockquote><p></p><p>Jesus is presented to God. God says, "Great, now this is what he will do... be a light to the nations and a deliverer of my people." </p><p>Although today is the Feast of the Presentation I can't help being drawn to my own presentation, my baptism. I was one year old when baptised in a Presbyterian church. Even though I drifted away to atheism, that indelible mark was upon me. I believe my baptism saved me from mortal sin even during my unbelieving years. </p><p>I love to picture my mother and father carrying me, presenting me, to God saying, "This is our beloved son in whom we are well pleased". God then says, "Me too!"</p><p>Thank you Lord for receiving me even while you knew I would deny you. </p><p>Saints Simeon and Anna, please pray for me.</p><p><br /></p>Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803682337812943485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946388836669140979.post-58302774056636990972024-02-01T07:56:00.001+13:002024-02-01T07:56:33.301+13:00Marching Orders<p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>So they set off to preach repentance; and they cast out many devils, and anointed many sick people with oil and cured them.<br />Mk.6:13</i></blockquote><p></p><p>Jesus commissions the apostles for their first mission trip. They are to do what he did. Preach. Cast out. Heal.</p><p>This remains the marching orders for the Church today. To call myself a member of the Church, I need to be preaching, casting out and healing. The world is still aching to hear the Good News, be freed from demons and be healed of its diseases. </p><p>Grab your staff and let's go!</p><p>Jesus, I have received without cost. Help me now give.</p><p><br /></p>Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803682337812943485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946388836669140979.post-89663519239675685662024-01-31T08:19:00.003+13:002024-01-31T08:19:44.431+13:00Small is Great<p></p><blockquote><i>I tell you solemnly, unless you change and become like little children you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. And so, the one who makes himself as little as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.<br />Mt.18:3,4</i></blockquote><p></p><p>Jesus is asked who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. His answer is unexpected... a little child.</p><p>Here is the blueprint for Christian life, in a nutshell. To be great I must be small, humble and weak. This is counter cultural in a world that esteems the powerful, rich, good looking and intelligent. </p><p><i>Jesus, help me be small today.<br />Saint John Bosco, please pray for me.</i></p><p><br /></p>Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803682337812943485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946388836669140979.post-77660277181747240062024-01-30T08:45:00.000+13:002024-01-30T08:45:04.997+13:00Expectant Faith<p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>But they laughed at him. So he turned them all out and, taking with him the child’s father and mother and his own companions, he went into the place where the child lay. <br />Mk.5:40</i></blockquote><p></p><p>Jesus casts out unbelief and brings in faith before raising Jairus' daughter from the dead. It's a constant theme of the Gospels. Faith always precedes signs and wonders. </p><p>Yesterday my son asked me why everyone for whom we pray for healing doesn't always receive it. The only answer I can give is that of C.S. Lewis. When I meet God I'm going to have some damn good questions... and I'm expecting some damn good answers. </p><p>However, I have to say that part of the reason is the lack of expectant faith. There are more laughing scoffers in the world than faith-filled believers. Jesus' game plan is still good today. Push out the scoffers. Call in the believers. Then, go for it. </p><p><i>Jesus, give me more expectant faith for miracles, that you may be glorified. </i></p><p><br /></p>Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803682337812943485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946388836669140979.post-26114762606516678272024-01-29T08:55:00.005+13:002024-01-29T08:55:49.958+13:00Restoration<p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>The unclean spirits begged him, ‘Send us to the pigs, let us go into them.’ So he gave them leave. With that, the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs.<br />Mk.3:13,13</i></blockquote><p></p><p>Jesus is restoring a demon possessed man. He uses whatever is at hand to achieve this, in this case a massive herd of two thousand pigs.</p><p>Restoration is what Jesus is still about. I am a testimony to that. How he achieves this is as many and varied as there are people in need of restoration. It may be via pigs or, as in my case, through children. I'm learning not to second guess, or question, God's methods. What is important is that I recognise and cooperate with them. </p><p>Jesus, help me see and cooperate with your work of restoration today.</p><p><br /></p>Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803682337812943485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946388836669140979.post-38231465042794997402024-01-26T07:22:00.000+13:002024-01-26T07:22:06.025+13:00Less is More<p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>It is like a mustard seed which at the time of its sowing in the soil is the smallest of all the seeds <br />Mk.4:31</i></blockquote><p></p><p>Jesus is describing the kingdom of God. It starts small, insignificant and then grows into something mighty giving shelter, protection and nurture.</p><p>Christian life is like living in back-to-front land. Small is powerful. Less is more. The weak get preference. I become lesser in order to become greater. Leaders are servants. Children enter the kingdom ahead of adults. No wonder our conversions are Copernican and no wonder they are so liberating.</p><p>Saints Timothy and Titus, please pray for us.</p><p><br /></p>Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803682337812943485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946388836669140979.post-61289619441682746302024-01-25T07:59:00.002+13:002024-01-25T07:59:17.595+13:00The Story<p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>I was on that journey and nearly at Damascus when about midday a bright light from heaven suddenly shone round me. I fell to the ground...<br />Acts.22:6,7</i></blockquote><p></p><p>Paul is telling the story of his conversion to authenticate his message. </p><p>Testimonies are powerful. Why? Because they are a story and we all love a good story. They aren't right or wrong, they just happened and so can't be argued over. </p><p>Testimonies are simply... me before I met Jesus... me meeting Jesus... me after meeting Jesus. It's good for me to remember mine, a) So I can remember where I have come from and be thankful and b) So I am ready to share it to authenticate what Jesus can do in anyone's life when they accept him. </p><p>Saint Paul the Apostle, pray for us.</p><p><br /></p>Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803682337812943485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946388836669140979.post-68757121574285994222024-01-24T07:16:00.001+13:002024-01-24T07:16:24.691+13:00Rich Soil<p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>And there are those who have received the seed in rich soil: they hear the word and accept it and yield a harvest, thirty and sixty and a hundredfold.<br />Mk.4:20</i></blockquote><p></p><p>Jesus explains his Parable of the Sower culminating in the people of rich soil, those who hear his word and accept it.</p><p>Luke's Gospel expands on the people of rich soil, describing them as people with "noble and generous hearts" (Lk.8:15). I find that a great benchmark to measure my thoughts and actions. Am I being noble (high moral principles) and/or generous (giving more than expected).</p><p>This litmus test has driven me to the confessional many times.</p><p>Jesus, help me be a rich soil person to those I meet today.</p><p>Saint Francis of Sales, please pray for us.</p><p><br /></p>Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803682337812943485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946388836669140979.post-72732159406743770132024-01-23T08:56:00.003+13:002024-01-23T08:57:31.191+13:00Family<p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>And looking round at those sitting in a circle about him, he said, ‘Here are my mother and my brothers. Anyone who does the will of God, that person is my brother and sister and mother.<br />Mk.3:35</i></blockquote><p></p><p>WIth his family outside calling for him, Jesus expands on what it means to be in his family. Anyone who does the will of God.</p><p>It's tempting to think that to do the will of God and qualify as God's family one has to be perfect. However, here we have a circle of people simply listening to Jesus and he called them family. Now that I can do and in fact are doing right now. </p><p>What a relief...</p><p>Thank you Jesus that, by including me in that gaze around the circle, you make me family.</p><p><br /></p>Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803682337812943485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946388836669140979.post-24424049542468409832024-01-22T09:14:00.003+13:002024-01-22T09:14:30.240+13:00Bless not Blaspheme <p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>Let anyone blaspheme against the Holy Spirit and he will never have forgiveness: he is guilty of an eternal sin.<br />Mk.3:29</i></blockquote><p></p><p>Scribes have accused Jesus of doing the work of the devil by casting out demons. Jesus warns them that to ascribe the work of the Holy Spirit to Satan is an unforgivable sin.</p><p>It is surprising and sobering to learn there is an unforgivable sin. Yet, here we have it directly from Jesus. I need to be very careful before calling someone evil. Their actions may be different, unsettling, annoying, even hurtful yet still be the work of the Holy Spirit. </p><p>That grit in my teeth, that pebble in my shoe, that rock on which I stubbed my toe could be Jesus at work. Jesus came to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.</p><p>Holy Spirit, help me recognise you at work so I may bless and not blaspheme.</p><p><br /></p>Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803682337812943485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946388836669140979.post-49116943621453476772024-01-16T08:47:00.000+13:002024-01-16T08:47:21.702+13:00The Master<p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath; the Son of Man is master even of the sabbath.<br />Mk.2:28</i></blockquote><p></p><p>For the Pharisees, religious law was paramount. For Jesus, human need is paramount. </p><p>I cringe when I hear factions in the Church arguing religious points of view, both conservative and liberal. The unbelieving world just shakes its head and walks away. Let's shine the spotlight back on Jesus. When he is lifted up all men are drawn to him. That's his promise.</p><p>Jesus, help me shine on you today, our master. </p><p><br /></p>Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803682337812943485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946388836669140979.post-8151830333604589592024-01-15T09:13:00.001+13:002024-01-15T09:13:13.368+13:00New Wine Fresh Skin<p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>No! New wine, fresh skins!<br />Mk.2:22</i></blockquote><p></p><p>Jesus defends his disciples from the accusation of lack of fasting. He is something new that requires something new. A relationship with him is more important than religious observance.</p><p>When I invite unchurched people to an Alpha Course, a common obstacle is their repugnance of religion. I explain to them they're not being invited into a religion, they're being invited into a relationship. </p><p>I love our Catholic liturgy, but it only makes sense to a person who has a relationship with the one to whom it all points. I had to experience the love of Jesus before religion was rightly seen as a way to get closer to him. First, my heart had to be softened. Kerygma then catechesis.</p><p><i>Thank you Jesus for always being something new. May I always be a fresh wineskin. </i></p>Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803682337812943485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946388836669140979.post-52694547798280576182024-01-13T07:35:00.002+13:002024-01-13T07:35:55.537+13:00Rubble<p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>It is not the healthy who need the doctor, but the sick. I did not come to call the virtuous, but sinners.<br />Mk.2:17</i></blockquote><p></p><p>Jesus works miracles in broken lives. His favourite building material is a pile of broken rubble. It's hard to rebuild a solid concrete wall. </p><p>It's my pharisaical pride that puts up walls to Jesus working in my life. </p><p>Jesus, I knock down the walls. Rebuild me into the person you want me to be.</p><p><br /></p>Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803682337812943485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946388836669140979.post-48845466491862273952024-01-12T07:38:00.003+13:002024-01-12T07:42:13.615+13:00Friends<p><i></i></p><blockquote><i>Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, ‘My child, your sins are forgiven.’ <br />Mk.2:5</i></blockquote><p></p><p>The faith of the paralytic's four friends results in him receiving two great gifts, physical healing and forgiveness of his sins.</p><p>Friendship is such a gift. It can be life changing. I was helped and welcomed into the Church through friends. I have three very close friends who I call my 3am Friends. We have prayed together for years. If I were to call them in need at 3:00 am, I know they would respond. I am blessed by these men, my life is richer because of them.</p><p>Today's Gospel has prompted me to contact these men and thank them for their friendship.</p><p><i>I thank you Jesus for the friends you have placed in my life. Help me be a faithful friend to them.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803682337812943485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946388836669140979.post-89484388117462277402024-01-11T07:58:00.002+13:002024-01-11T07:58:15.915+13:00Irresistable<p></p><blockquote><i>Feeling sorry for him, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him. ‘Of course I want to!’ he said. ‘Be cured!’ <br />Mk.1:41</i></blockquote><p></p><p>Jesus heals the leper motivated by love for a man deemed unlovable. </p><p>When I feel like a dirtbag I judge I am out of reach of God's love. Wrong! That's exactly when I am irresistible to him. Jesus came for the sick, thanks be to God.</p><p>Praise you Jesus. Your love conquers all.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Stumbling Followerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803682337812943485noreply@blogger.com0