The Ten Who Left...And The One Returned...

We have probably all heard the story of the Ten Lepers, but did you know that all ten had actually left Jesus? 

These lepers had probably about given up hope,  I mean they had probably lost their fingers, toes, and they were numb to heat, cold, etc.! Then one day news reached this lonely band of lepers, but only ten of them decided to take advantage of it! The news was that Jesus had healed a leper! Maybe He would heal them too.

So these ten lepers decided to journey to where Jesus was. And when they were near they cried unto Jesus. (Read below)

Luke 17: 12 - 19 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: and they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole. 

They all had left to go show themselves at the temple, all ten! But on the way they looked down, and realized that they were whole! Oh what joy, what happiness! They were whole, they could go home, they could be with others now! They raced away to show themselves to the priest! Except for one...

One of them realizing that he was made whole, he turned around and made his way back to Jesus. And fell down and worshiped Him and gave thanks! I think that warmed Jesus heart to see him come back! While the others forgot about the one who truly made them whole. 

Jesus knew ahead of time that only one of them would come back and say thank you, but instead of healing only that one, he healed them all! What a compassionate and loving God we serve! 

You know that two little words mean so much, those words are...Thank You! We should never forget to say thank you when someone has done something nice for us! Especially Jesus, for He has given His life for us! 

Why not say thank you today? After all, you may never get another chance to say it.

Speaking of which, thank you for reading this! May God bless you!