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Word Of The Week: Leprosy
Leprosy was a truly horrible disease to contract in ancient times. It grotesquely disfigured one’s body. A Google search of leprosy images will give you a new understanding of this dreadful condition.
Also, lepers were isolated from the community for fear of contagion. So not only were these poor souls suffering with all sorts of physical wretchedness, they were shunned, despised and feared by all but the bravest who dared to bring them some food and other supplies.
So when Jesus entered a Samaritan village, He heard distant shouts from 10 lepers: “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” (Luke 17:11). And He did. He cleansed them of their horrible condition without effort or fanfare. A free gift -- and what a gift! They were restored to pristine health and able to rejoin society again!
What condition of yours is so repugnant, so unforgiveable, so ... bad ... that you think the Lord would be repulsed by you? Our sins leave us in worse shape than leprosy, yet Jesus is as willing to cleanse us from them as He was to cleanse the lepers of their dreaded disease.
