Follow me

He said to him, “Follow me.”  Luke 5:27

Picture this setting, Jesus walking through the streets and the crowds moving in all directions.  You see people moving through the crowd in no particular order, just hustling and busy.  Then you notice him, you see him as if he is the only person standing in the street.  Picture Jesus looking at you, your eyes catch his, and you see his lips move but you don't hear the words in your ears, you hear the words move you in your heart, "follow me".  Jesus is not asking you to just move your feet and follow him he is asking you to move your heart and follow him.  He is not asking you to just walk in to mass or to just walk in to the grocery store.  He is asking you to follow him with every part of your being, body and soul.  When you live and love with Jesus in your heart, you shower the people around you with that same love that is inside you.  When Jesus said "follow me" he was calling you to repent, repent and believe the reason why he came to you.  Jesus said at the end of the Gospel today, I did not come for those who are healthy, I came for those who are sick.  We all have sin in our lives and are spiritually unhealthy, Jesus came to save you and to save me.  Jesus wants you to follow his teachings, all of them.  We can be 8, 16, 32 or 64, we all have the same opportunities to learn from Jesus, all at different levels and areas in our lives.  Someone can learn from an 8 year just as much as an 8 year old can learn from a 64 year old.  Use the opportunity follow and learn from him.  He longs to look you in the eyes and see what is in your heart and heal what is broken.  Pray for the courage to follow.

"Lord Jesus, our Savior, let us now come to you: Our hearts are cold; Lord, warm them with your selfless love. Our hearts are sinful; cleanse them with your precious blood. Our hearts are weak; strengthen them with your joyous Spirit. Our hearts are empty; fill them with your divine presence. Lord Jesus, our hearts are yours; possess them always and only for yourself."

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