
Eventually the flu ran its course, though school was closed for three days. I was thinking about this experience last year when the Ebola outbreak was in the news. When I was facing the flu, I really didn't want to catch it. But I also knew that I would most certainly get over it, I would suffer through it, but I would make it. This is not the same with Ebola. Most people who get it die from it and it is a very unpleasant death. It really makes me think about those who go to treat them.
Which brings us to leprosy. In Biblical times, that was the disease to be feared. In our modern times, it is called Hanson's Disease and is treatable, but not back in the day. It was contagious, deadly and meant a life of separation from others. In Biblical times leprosy was seen as something different than a disease. It was thought to be the result of sin. It was something from which to be cleansed, not healed.
Those without a relationship with God are like lepers in a spiritual sense. They are separate from God, out on their own. But the condition is treatable.
Watch this clip from Pastor Lowell.
Imagine living in Biblical times and discovering that you had leprosy. It would be heart wrenching knowing that in front of you is not only physical suffering, but also a life of isolation.
In matters of the heart, God has the ultimate antidote. It is not necessary to live separate from Him. Healing is only a prayer away.
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