Beggar

"Courage! Get up! He calls you," Mark 10:49.

Sitting at the roadside the blind beggar cried out, Have mercy! A bunch of the crowd scolded him, Shush! Jesus said, Call him! The people said, He calls you. The beggar threw off his cloak. He jumped up. He came to Jesus. Jesus said, What do you want? The man said, Let me see. Jesus said, Your faith made you well. And Bartimaeus (his name) saw. And he followed Jesus. So: Many believe it worthless to call on the Lord; they shush mercy seekers. But not so with us, wasn't it? Sidelined like the other blind beggars, weren't we? But we believed him, didn't we? But we called for mercy, didn't we? But we heard him calling us, didn't we? So we got up. So we came to him. And he restored us, didn't he? And now we follow him, don't we?

We encourage a brother or sister again today in the faith we had when we first arose to follow Jesus, restored in deep insight. And, together, we say, Thank You, Jesus, son of David, for your mercy.