Devotions

…as soon as Jesus healed her, she went straight back to what she knew best, the work that made her happy—serving her guests. Serving Jesus, who had served her first by healing her.

Jesus tells us to count the cost of becoming his disciples. What could we lose? What will we gain? Losses there will certainly be, though it’s hard to tell ahead of time exactly what. But what we will gain?

To Jesus, every human being is valuable—so valuable that he was willing to give up his life in order to rescue us and return us safely home to God. It doesn’t matter if we are rich or poor, immigrants or native born, used to being loved—or just the opposite.

What do you need? That is a question no poor or disabled person has ever had trouble answering. For us, our needs are obvious; the trouble is picking which need is the most urgent!

This is a stormy time in America. Aspects of our government and our culture are changing at breakneck speed. If the changes are hard for us to keep up with, imagine what they are like for people who are new to this country? How can Jesus show us the way to helping our New American neighbors?