Follow Him

I love reading Mark 1:17 "Then Jesus said to them, 'Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men'."  Jesus didn't say "Hey, guys, you look like you could learn a few things and then come work for me...ya know, when you've cleaned up your act".  He didn't ask "Got any good character references?".  He just said "Follow Me".  Like, now!  Jesus wanted them just as they were.  He didn't wait for them to go clean up their appearance or their lives.

He doesn't ask us to do that either!  The invitation is always there - just waiting for us - to Follow Him.

I know a few ladies who did just that.  They chose, at various times in their lives to follow Jesus.  They each have their own stories and backgrounds and, from what I've come to know about them, none of them were perfect at the time they said yes to His invitation.  But they were open, they were real, and they fished me out of the deep waters I'd gotten myself into.  They showed me what life was like with Jesus vs what my life was like without Him.  I am forever and eternally grateful for their example to me, and how they - by following Him - showed me how I could do the same.