Matthew 10:5-6 - Jesus sent these twelve apostles charging them saying, "Do not go to the roads of the Gentiles nor to the towns of the Samaritans, but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
Because Jesus wasn't about conversion so much as he was about bringing the sheep home. His message was for the lost sheep - not the Pharisees or those who were truly pious, but to those that society and the Jewish authorities had marginalized. Those who needed help finding the way.
I was a lost sheep and Jesus found me. I cannot say why. I feel called to go to the other lost sheep and be there for them like others were there for me. There are so many lost sheep that our society shuns and shames - homeless people, mentally ill people, lonely people, prideful people, people who are lost but are not aware of it, African-Americans here in the US, LGBTQ people, refugees, immigrants, women who have been abused or raped, so so many people. There is no need for conversion, except conversion of our (my) hearts that we may go to these people as Jesus did and be with them, share their experiences and share God's love.
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