This Sunday I am preaching about Jesus touching the Leper in Mark 1. Leprosy is so nasty...google some pictures and see for yourself. It is a disease that keeps everyone away from you. What in your life feels like leprosy? What about leprosy you see in other people?
One leprosy area I struggle with in others is people that are never wrong. It is so easy for me to see in myself...I am often a complete screw up. But then I meet some people that no matter what, they are either the victim or just always right.
It is also hard for a Leper to tell you about your own leprosy...
The older I get the more I realize I am usually wrong and never the victim in that I tend to cause my own leprosy.
What about you?
How well does the Church respond to 'lepers' in our midst--the poor, the sick, and the oppressed in our country and in our world?
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