Today's Passage: Luke 17
Verses 11-19 hold one of my favorite stories in Luke. Jesus is walking down the road when 10 men with leprosy approach from a distance...they would not have been allowed to come very close. They cry out to Jesus for healing, and Jesus sends them to the priests. When they arrive, they are healed from this horrible disease. What an amazing day that must have been for them...they would be able to re-enter society, return to their families...they had been given new life!
But out of those 10 men, only one of them even thinks to come back and thank Jesus for this unbelievable gift. One out of 10 went back praising God in a loud voice. One out of 10 fell at His feet. And that one, scripture tells us, was a Samaritan...someone who wouldn't think to approach a Jew, let alone the Son of God.
Jesus asks a very short but powerful question: "Where are the other nine?" All received healing, but only one was willing to demonstrate his gratitude. The others went back to their lives as if it was just an accident they were alive again.
We are alive...do we live lives of gratitude to the one who gave us life? Do we take the time to praise Him and thank Him for all He's done for us? Or will we, like those here, just go about our daily lives as if we stumbled on an accidental miracle?
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