Friday, October 7, 2022

Feet

He prostrated himself at Jesus' feet.

 - From Luke 17

At first the ten lepers kept their distance from everybody, especially Jesus. They didn't have global corporations funding research into contagious and deadly skin diseases, breaking down the viruses and bacteria at the cellular level, artificially mutating them, developing antidotes and vaccines on the side (just in case); maybe accidentally releasing some viral agent into the community - with of course, not even a faint wink or nod in the direction of stock values.

They just knew that they needed to keep their distance, and there was enough regard for authority of any kind that they paid particular attention to staying clear of the Lord. 

But after He healed them, one of them came running back, a Samaritan (or, someone from a religious or social sect considered beneath the Judeans). This Samaritan was no longer concerned about social distancing. He had been healed!

When you've been sick, you take care to recover and not spread your ailment to others. 

But the goal is always to get well. Your objective is to get things back to normal. We are a problem-solving and creative creature. The goal is normalcy, predictability, steadiness, structure, and routine. We need those things in order to do the value-added and life-enriching activities, like hobbies and the arts, that make life worth living. 

We want to be normal. As soon as we are well, we immediately forget that we're sick. We go back to normal behavior where we no longer see others as pariahs, but rather, we embrace closeness to others and even throw ourselves at each other's feet!

We're okay now. We're well. We're healed. We're safe.

We should be running back to the attitude of being okay . . . and even dive at the feet of anything, or anybody, that represents normal.


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