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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hello, my name is Marjorie and I'm a Baptist leader in Sheffield
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It is fascinating who Jesus chose to spend his time with as he walked the earth
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It is not what you would expect from a religious or spiritual leader
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It is not what you would have actually expected from any kind of world leader
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He didn't choose the company of the good and the great. Instead, he chose to surround himself with prostitutes and the corrupt money launderers of the day
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He stopped for the one in front of him, for the weak, the outcasts, the blind, the beggars
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And it made people very uncomfortable. And it deeply challenged and bothered those who held worldly power at the time
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Jesus was very clear as to the why. In Matthew's Gospel, chapter 9, he simply says
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It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. Jesus came to seek and save the lost
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He knew he was far more than a religious teacher. He was the saviour of the world
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To be lost in life is a terrible thing. I remember being on a hike while back in school on a high mountain
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and a dense fog unexpectedly came down over the mountain and covered us
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and we got split up as a team. It was confusing, bewildering, frightening
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We just needed someone to come and show us the way through
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Jesus says, whoever you are, no matter how lost you feel, or indeed if you don't even recognize your lostness in the fog of life
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that he is the light of the world. He is the good shepherd
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He is the good father. He is the way, the truth and the life
