“On hearing this, Jesus said to them, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.’” Mark 2:17 (NIV) (Context: Mark 2:13-17)
This verse gives me hope daily. I lived outside the law early in life thinking only of myself, taking all I could. Then came a point when I found myself empty and desperate. Hope was gone. Nothing outside filled the hole anymore. I had stepped over the line and didn’t think there was any redemption for me. Little did I know God was calling me. He put me on my path back to Him. I came to Servants and began to read and hear His word. After hearing this verse and others like it I came to believe Christ died for me. That He loves me right where I am, so I surrendered my life to Christ as He did for me. Christ loved when I hated myself. He held me until I was ready to hold someone else. Today I am able to represent Christ to those who try to fill the hole the way I did and show them Christ’s love.
Mike Bey
Mike came to Servants of Christ in 2007. He currently serves on the vestry.