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Friday, June 25, 2010

Matthew 14:35-36, 2 Kings 25:12, Matthew 8:1-4

Matthew 14:35-36
They brought all the sick to Him, begging Him to let them touch just the fringe of His cloak.  All who touched it became perfectly well.

My Beloved, the world is sick today and getting sicker.  It is ignorant of You.  Those who do know You want to strip You of Your power and make You like other men- they do not want to acknowledge You as the Man-God because it would mean having to turn away from sin.  There are some who pretend they do not know You, they think it is safer then they can ignore Your will for their lives. 

Give the world an awareness of its sickness and its hopelessness without You.  Let us touch the fringe of Your cloak so that we can become perfectly well again.

2 Kings 25:12

12 But he left those among the very poor who were capable of working in vineyards and cultivating the soil.

There is always a poor, humble, remnant.  The few who are faithful God raises up mightily.

Matthew 8:1-4
 1 When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him.
Then a leper came forward. He knelt before him and said, “Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean.” Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said, “I want to, be clean again.” At that very moment the man was cleansed from his leprosy. Then Jesus said to him, “See that you do not tell anyone, but go to the priest, have yourself declared clean, and of fer the gift that Moses ordered as proof of it.”

Beloved, very few have the desire to ascend the mountain to You and so You who who are full of compassion, mercy and love, come down to seek those who are sick and You reveal Yourself to them and invite them into a relationship with You.  Many reject You, but there are a few sinners who see their misery, their emptiness, their utter lack of peace and joy and like the leper recognise that in You they  can have a new beginning.  You gave the leper fullness of life as You give me and all sinners like me who repent and turn to You.  All find in You loving mercy and compassion.

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