He remained outside in deserted places, and people kept coming to him from everywhere

Lord, help me love the way you love

Mark 1:40-45
A leper came to Jesus and kneeling down begged him and said, "If you wish, you can make me clean."  Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand,  touched him, and said to him,  "I do will it. Be made clean."  The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean.  Then, warning the him sternly, he dismissed him at once.

He said to him, "See that you tell no one anything, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed;  that will be proof for them."

The man went away and began to publicize the whole matter.  He spread the report abroad so that it was impossible for Jesus to enter a town openly.  He remained outside in deserted places, and people kept coming to him from everywhere.

 He remained outside in deserted places, and people kept coming to him from everywhere

Lord,
You were not easy to find but they found you anyway.  Lord, it took me 40 years to find you and you were not hiding.  You were right with me the whole time.  Help me to remember when I was lost.  Help me to be more charitable to those who are not there yet.

Lord, mama is one of those people.  She does not have you, personally.  She does not understand your word so she dismisses it as not being true.  She has bought into the lie of the culture.   How can I help her?  Shs is in the last hour of her life, the last state before she leaves this earth.  The most critical time of her life, of her eternal life.  She hs been like this for over 80 years.  I do'tknow what or how I ccan help her come closer to you.  I know you can do it, but you  have to show me what you want me to do.


Spend more time with her.  Speak lovingly, gently with joy and she will want it.  She has not been looking so she has to first have a desire to know me, to come to me.  She does not know what she is missing.  You must show her with your actions, not criticisms and judgements.  Those will only shut her down and make her want to go away and not change.

Patience, compassion, love, gentleness, wisdom, peace, confidence....These are the things I will need to do this.  Lord, will you give me the grace?  It will be hard and impossible without it.

But this is the most important thing yo can do, this is what its all about.

Lord, I can see it now.  A whole life's purpose is to get to heaven and I have the opportunity to help her, to guide her.  This is a hug responsibility.

Yes but one you do.  Your love will live on forever.