--A Beautiful Christian Song

"Lead Me Lord"/ By: Gary Valenciano ~~<https://youtu.be/lwQck4dXjq4>

---FOLLOW JESUS ~~

~~"A leper came to him begging him, and kneeling he said to him, "If you choose, you can make me clean."
Moved with pity, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, I do choose. Be made clean!
---(Mark 1:40-41 / NRSV)

~~As I follow Jesus around through the Gospels, one thing that interests me most is how He spends His time. His calendar gives us a clear picture of who He was. He's visited by shepherds. A man who eats locusts prepares the way for His ministry, and His best friends are smelly fishermen.

Here's the list from Matthew 4:14 of who He's concerned about: "all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed" (NIV). Children. Prostitutes. Tax collectors, Samaritans. Gentiles. Slaves. I could go on. If I was there to follow Jesus around, I'd be afraid of the people and places He encountered. And He didn't only see them. Over and over again: He touched them. I do choose. Jesus stretched out His hand. 'Come.'

If Jesus is the embodiment of God's will on earth, then it's clear what His will is for us as His church, His people. When we approach people who seem lonely or sad, do we offer them a Word from our Lord Jesus. Give them a kind smile. Tell them of His great love for them? Jesus tells us to be His light in this wayward world. Let's shine for Him. ~~

--Mornings With Jesus~//GFF