Compassion for Outcast Lepers

Compassion for Outcast Lepers

What goes through your mind when you think of leprosy? Deformed feet and fingers? A dreaded disease? Or maybe you think of Jesus compassionately telling a leper, “Be thou clean.” Today in South Asia lepers still exist and are outcasts of society just as they were in...
Jesus and Leprosy, Breaking the Barriers

Jesus and Leprosy, Breaking the Barriers

In Bible times, lepers were considered outcasts and untouchables, forced to live outside towns and cities. When a leper approached Jesus, begging for healing, Jesus broke an unthinkable barrier by touching his diseased skin and saying, “Be cleansed” (Mark 1:40-42). In...
Love for the Outcasts in South Asia

Love for the Outcasts in South Asia

Outcasts of society, lepers in South Asia face discrimination from their friends and even their families. As the dreaded disease slowly spreads in their body, many become helpless and crippled. These rejected people eagerly reach for love and acceptance when someone...