10 Lepers Healed
Luke 17:11-19
11 On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he entered a village, ten men with skin diseases approached him. Keeping their distance from him, 13 they raised their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, show us mercy!”
14 When Jesus saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” As they left, they were cleansed. 15 One of them, when he saw that he had been healed, returned and praised God with a loud voice. 16 He fell on his face at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. He was a Samaritan. 17 Jesus replied, “Weren’t ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18 No one returned to praise God except this foreigner?” 19 Then Jesus said to him, “Get up and go. Your faith has healed you.”
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Happy Friday everyone!
I hope you have had a nice week. The weather is beautiful, and it seems we finally have fall!
We have a lot of give thanks for this week. I am thanking God for the gift of marriage that He has given, and we can give thanks to God for Gift and Ashton being married yesterday, in the beautiful backyard of the Izaak Walton Cabin! Please share your encouragement with this young couple, and keep them in your prayers as they begin life together as husband and wife.
As I have been preparing this week for Sunday, the word thank you is on the front of my mind. I also started thinking about the practice of writing a thank you note. Interestingly, the practice of handwritten notes seems to have lost priority, as we have the instant form of sending a quick text, or posting on someone's Facebook page.
I wondered more about why it is important for us to say thank you to someone, and express gratitude? And, also, what could be the difference in writing a note to someone, vs. texting or posting on Facebook, for example? Or, sharing a verbal expression of thanks.
Susan Jeffers reflects on, The Important Habit of Saying Thank you:
"The next ritual follows naturally from the last…and that is to cultivate the habit of verbalizing our thanks. When we look mindfully and deeply at the beauty in our lives, and begin to list the multitude of people and things who have supported us in the past and support us in the present, there can be only two words that comes from our heart and to our lips, and these words are, THANK YOU!
The inclusion of the words THANK YOU in our vocabulary, sets up an interesting paradox. Each time we say these two powerful words, we are acknowledging a gift we were given. By definition, if we say THANK YOU often enough, any trace of a poverty consciousness disappears; we begin feeling incredibly abundant!
On the other hand, if we don’t say THANK YOU very often, it is a sign we are taking things for granted. When we take things for granted, we are sleepwalking our way through life. Giving thanks is one way of waking ourselves up. And speaking of waking up, the morning is a wonderful time to begin your process of saying thanks. What have you got to thank so early in the morning?" https://susanjeffers.com/2022/11/10/the-important-habit-of-saying-thank-you/
Our sermon text this week in Luke 17:11-19, is the wonderful story of Jesus healing the 10 lepers, and the one who returned to Jesus, to simply say thank you. This is a beautiful story, and has much richness to it, and a lot for us to ponder and think on. I hope as you read this, you will bring to Jesus words of thanks for Him, His love for you, and His goodness in your life. There is always something to be thankful for, and, when we look to Jesus as the source for goodness, we start with Him.
See you on Sunday!
In Christ, Pastor Kari