This weeks devotional is brought to you by our very own Judy Williams. Have a great week!
The Princess Diaries
When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers,
The moon and the stars, which Thou hast ordained;
What is man, that Thou dost take thought of him?
And the son of man that Thou dost care for him?
Yet Thou hast made him a little lower than God,
And dost crown him with glory and majesty!
Psalm 8:3-5
There is a line in "The Princess Diaries" that I cannot get out of my head. Mia is talking to her best friend and says, "Someone sat on me again!" It is the most descriptive way, I have ever heard, of someone saying they felt invisible. Have you stood in a room with only a couple of other people and they didn't seem to notice you were there? Have you been talking and in the middle of what you were saying the people around you started talking about something else? Have you been "sat on!"? Do you go unnoticed? If so, then you know how it feels to go through life invisible.
I find it interesting that Jesus spent his ministry with those who were the invisible of society. He touched the eyes of Blind Bartemaus and healed him. The woman with the blood disease anonymously touched the hem of His garment wanting to find healing. Christ turned to her and made her whole. The lame man who could not get to the pool of Bethsada when the water was stirred was healed by the Great Physician. The whole of society ignored each of these individuals even when they cried out for help, but Jesus took notice. He stopped, even when those around Him wanted Him to hurry, and ministered to the needs of those anonymous people of society. He not only stopped, He noticed.
Who are the unnoticed, invisible people around you? Who is the anonymous person that needs Jesus' ministering touch? Take a look around with open eyes -- with spiritual eyes -- to see an invisible hurting people who need the healing touch of Jesus. Give me eyes to see and ears to hear.
Judy K. Williams
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