Jesus dicit

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I am willing. Be clean!

Mark 1:41

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I will

A man with a skin disease knelt before Jesus. If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. He didn't doubt Jesus' power, but he did doubt his will. Jesus touched him. Something nobody did.

Mark writes that Jesus was moved with compassion. To be honest: a few old manuscripts say here that he was angry. Perhaps angry at the disease, or at the exclusion. Either way: he touched the one nobody touched. And said: I will.

Question for today

Do I doubt God's power, or his willingness to help me?

Prayer

Lord, I know you can. Help me to believe that you are willing too. Touch me where I feel unclean. Amen.

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