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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hello, my name is Nimsa Brunga and I'm the pastor of Freedom's Ark and member of the Evangelical Alliance here in the Tottenham Town Hall
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In Luke chapter 17, verse 11 to 19, we learn lessons from the ten lepers who cry out to Jesus for mercy
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He hears them, heals them, but only one returns to give thanks
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The first lesson is acceptance. The ten lepers were outcasts, living on society's margins
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Jesus' encounter reminds us that God's view is different. When the world sees rejection
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God sees dignity. All who are marginalised are embraced and given hope. The second is forgiveness
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Their healing also points to forgiveness. God's acceptance extends beyond social exclusion
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It touches our heart, releasing people from shame and fear. As Harry Noah once said, forgiveness is not an occasional act
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It's a constant attitude. The third is restoration. Healing is not just about health
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It is restoration. It reconnects the lepers to community, to faith and life itself
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God restores what society sees as broken, making lives whole again. And the final is gratitude
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Notice the response. Only one returned to express thanks. Our response to God's gift is meant to be gratitude, not entitlement
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This story reminds us that our response to grace must always be thanksgiving
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Let us pray. God of mercy, you accept the rejected. You forgive the guilty
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You restore the broken. Teach us to live in gratitude that we may not just be healed
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but we may find wholeness in you. Amen
