The Show-n-Tell Savior...

And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.(Matthew 8:3 ESV) When this man requested Jesus to heal him, Jesus could have said: "This is what I'm going to do..." But that was not His way. He showed love, then told what He had done. In this incident, He did the unthinkable - He touched a leper; then he said the words: "I am not only able to heal you; I am willing to also." He did this often: He fed the 5000, then explained their need to trust Him daily; He washed the disciples feet, then He told them He had given an example to follow; He gave Himself for us sins, then opened the Scriptures to explain what He had done. He is not words only, or even words first; He is show first, tell later. May we love that way too.