Jesus Stopped.

I was listening to Joyce Meyer this morning and she said it always strikes her how Jesus would stop what he was doing to help people. He never said he was too busy or was in a hurry. He just stopped and listened to what people said to him. I like that too.

He stopped to heal a blind man. He stopped to see a funeral and then brought the young man to life. He stopped to heal a man whose friends had brought him through the roof because there was no other way to get in the house. He stopped to talk with a woman who touched him and was healed. He stopped to heal an old woman who had come into the church bent over with illness. He stopped to bless the little children. He stopped to talk with a Phoenician woman about her daughter and heal her. He even stopped on the way to the cross to speak to crying women.

Joyce was saying we should be like Jesus. Don't be in such a hurry that we ignore the needs of others. Take the time to talk with people and get to know them. Look around you and see who needs friendship and help.