IV.
Today let’s pay attention to Jesus. Not just to his words, but what he sees, how he reacts to others, and what he does.

V.
Luke 14:1-6 (NRSVue)

On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the Sabbath, they were watching him closely. Just then, in front of him, there was a man who had edema. And Jesus asked the experts in the law and Pharisees, “Is it lawful to cure people on the Sabbath or not?” But they were silent. So Jesus took him and healed him and sent him away. Then he said to them, “If one of you has a child or an ox that has fallen into a well, will you not immediately pull it out on a Sabbath day?” And they could not reply to this.

VI.
Did you notice, “… when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the Sabbath … Just then, in front of him, there was …”

Does it ever seem to you that no matter what Jesus is doing or saying or traveling to or from or what he is headed off to do, he is always present in the moment?

He is present to those around him, those who come to him, to their spoken or unspoken needs and conditions.

He doesn’t overlook people. He doesn’t try to rush by people.

He sees them.

On the way to dinner in the Pharisee’s home, he sees the man standing in front of him and sees he is ill. He doesn’t ignore, he doesn’t look through him, so he can get on to the dinner table.

He stops and is fully with the sick man.

Can you recall a time you ignored people or situations because you were on your way to something and later regarded that choice?

charles
{ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est}