Simon the leper ( Matthew 26:6-13, Mark 14:3-9)
What a day it has been! Talk about eventful! But then again, I suppose that every day has been pretty eventful since I met Jesus! Bethany is a small place really. Certainly small enough for the news of the raising of Lazarus to reach every home within hours of it happening. News even reached the leper colony in the caves on the edge of town where I had been living for two years. It was hard to believe that someone might have been raised from the dead but the news about Jesus had been so amazing and incredible for so long that we dared to think it might be true. And then, a few days after we had heard about it I actually saw Lazarus with my own eyes and I have to tell you my heart leaped for joy when I realised it really was true. I suppose that somewhere deep down inside , for the first time in a long time, I felt a sense of hope. I mean, if Jesus could reverse the process of death...... well, maybe anything was possible. It wasnt long after tha...