You are on your way to the local coffee house. A brother or sister of the human family is along the way. Obviously hurting. You stop to chat. “I believe Jesus can heal you,” you say. “If you believe the way I believe, you’ll be OK.”
What if Jesus were passing that person?
He would stop whatever he was doing wherever he was going. Stop. Look at the person. Deeply. In the eyes. Into the soul. “What do you want?” he’d ask. Then he’d do it.
Reflect upon the people that he had this interaction with. Remember, he was a Jewish rabbi (teacher). He was culturally bound to interact with Jewish people primarily. Seldom or never with outsiders.
Yet, Jesus listened, acted for, and valued
- A Syro-Phoenician woman (2 strikes, woman and outsider)
- A Roman army officer (not only an outsider, but also a hated oppressor)
- Many people with skin diseases whom he actually touched
- A Jewish woman with a disorder that caused her to be unclean who touched him
He cared, loved, wept, was moved by all these people who were hurting.
Whom did he not care for? Pompous religious people who thought they had all the answers.
Faith Venture 
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