Still Willing, He Is (Poem)

‘Still willing, Yes! He’s still willing’, this I say,

Reflecting on the healing He did that day,

When a leprous man came on bended knee.

Far a way from him all others had to flee.

‘If You are willing, You can make me clean.’ *

For leprosy there was no cure or vaccine.

In public, he had to proclaim, ‘Unclean, unclean!’

Everyone who heard him knew well what that would mean.

But far from this man, Jesus did not flee,

Though He knew The Law from their history.

Then He had the nerve to reach out and touch,

This fellow with a sickness feared so much!

‘I am willing. Be cleansed,’ He said to him,

Instantly healed from that disease so grim!

So excited, he went and spread his good news,

Forgetting about Levitical curfews! **

Friend, to you this should be really Good News.

If you’re sick, on this story you can muse.

This same Jesus Who healed a leper that day,

Is ALIVE and WELL to send healing your way!

All He needs is sincere faith that authorizes,

Healing that your miracle actualizes.

So go ahead, muse and meditate this great story,

Then for your own healing, give God praise and all glory!

Think of others who, like you, may need to be healed.

Tell them, after on your knees for them you have kneeled:

‘Still willing, Yes! He’s still willing, to you I say!

Meditate on the healing Jesus did that day!’ 

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*  Mark 1:40

** Leviticus 13 and 14