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marbella3 70F
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9/30/2014 5:03 am

Last Read:
9/30/2014 5:06 am

A Fresh Start




Read: Luke 5:17-26

Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. €”Luke 5:31

Bible in a Year:
Isaiah 9-10; Ephesians 3

In many countries, health laws prohibit reselling or reusing old mattresses. Only landfills will take them. Tim Keenan tackled the problem and today his business employs a dozen people to extract the individual components of metal, fabric, and foam in old mattresses for recycling. But that'€™s only part of the story. Journalist Bill Vogrin wrote,€œOf all the items Keenan recycles . . . it'€™s the people that may be his biggest success (The Gazette, Colorado Springs). Keenan hires men from halfway houses and homeless shelters, giving them a job and a second chance. He says, €œWe take guys nobody else wants.

Luke 5:17-26 tells how Jesus healed the body and the soul of a paralyzed man. Following that miraculous event, Levi answered Jesus€™ call to follow Him and then invited his fellow tax collectors and friends to a banquet in honor of the Lord (vv.27-29). When some people accused Jesus of associating with undesirables (v.30), He reminded them that healthy people don'€™t need a doctor €”adding, €œI have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance€ (v.32).

To everyone who feels like a €œthrowaway€ headed for the landfill of life, Jesus opens His arms of love and offers a fresh beginning. That'€™s why He came!
The power of God can turn a heart
From evil and the power of sin;
The love of God can change a life
And make it new and cleansed within.

Salvation is receiving a new life.