Recently I read an experience with Jesus that made me reflect...
Once, when he was in one of the cities, there was a man covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he bowed with his face to the ground and begged him, "Lord, if you choose, you can make me clean." Then Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said, "I do choose. Be made clean." Immediately the leprosy left him. (Luke 5)
Probably all of us are not stricken with leprosy, thankfully. But today we may find ourselves covered in shame, guilt, worry, fear, failure, and/or a number of negatives. Those feelings tend to isolate us; an isolation imposed by ourselves different than the community isolation that faces lepers and yet isolation none the less and as painful and lonely. We may think, "Who after all wants to be around me and my problems?"
The man with leprosy courageously took a chance on God and asked to be made clean. Jesus compassionately respond with acceptance, grace, and healing. Can we do the same with Jesus, to take a chance on God to cleanse us from all that covers us?
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