Untouchable
This morning Charles, one of The Core's leaders, shared about the compassionate miracles of Jesus. Here are some quotes from that, as my memory serves me.
From a theatrical monologue: "I am a leper... and I had not been touched in five years, not by my wife, my children, not even brushed by a stranger in a crowd, until today, when Jesus touched me."
"By touching the unclean he was not merely being uncouth. From a cultural perspective, he was inviting that uncleanness onto himself. He was sacrificing his social acceptability for the sake of compassion."
"When did Jesus' following begin to diminish? It was when he started talking about what was going to happen to him. At first he did miracles, because his disciples weren't ready to hear the ugly truth yet. But eventually he started leveling with them... 'There's a cross at the end of this road for me. And there's a cross for you, too.'"
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This was so good and brings me back to where I need to be.
Jesus didn't need or look to man to identify Himself. "He knew what was in man."
I thought of Homer in October Sky when he was dying to talk to Quentin about rockets, but he was struggling because Quentin was social outcast.
All eyes were upon Homer in the cafeteria to see if he would actually go over to talk to Questin, who was sitting by himself eating lunch.
"You can kiss your social life goodbye!"
his friends advised.
It got real quiet in the room, when Homer got up from the table, left his friends, and went over to talk to Quentin.
Then Quentin, who couldn't believe it, looked up and said " I don't let anyone copy my homework."
So used to this outcast life, he didn't easily accept or trust this friendship from Homer.
I think I'm like Homer and I think, sometimes I am like Quentin. But I just pray that The Lord will help me not to be like the others in the cafeteria!
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