When accused by the Pharisees of eating with sinners, Jesus simply responded with, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners” (Mark 2:7). Everywhere Jesus went, He healed the sick. He attracted the sick. People recognized Him and brought all their sick for Him to heal.
How easy it is to say that we desire the sick to find healing, the broken to find wholeness, and the lost to be found, but how do we respond when the sick, broken, and lost come walking through our doors? Do we rejoice, accept, and embrace or do we act as if they are preventing us from the real important things, like oh, say, ministry? What a sad day when the Church rejects who they are called to be to go after those who think they are healthy and whole. The sick, lost, and broken are not an outreach but the purpose of the Church and the whole body (not the staff, the pastors, or the administration) has been equipped to meet every need that arrises.
This is what I love about the ministry of Pastors Wilson and Gladys. They seek out the sick, broken, and lost. They don’t sit blindly back and pretend to not see the needs all around them but rather, run headfirst into the hopelessness, recognizing that God will meet the needs that He calls them to.
Let us always be a Church who meets the needs of the sick, broken, and lost in Williamsburg because we know that we are no different.
Much love to you, Church!
Holly
Thank you for these blogs Holly, as we read and share them with the boys to give them a better glimpse at what we are praying for and sowing into.
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Miss you beautiful! Jols