Come and See...

Hi friends,

At the beginning of John's Gospel, we see Jesus meeting and calling his first disciples. In John 1:38, Jesus sees some of John the Baptist's disciples have begun to follow him and he asks them, "What are you looking for?" Their answer seems pretty mundane to be honest - they reply "Rabbi, where are you staying?" What an odd question to ask the man who John the Baptist had just declared to be the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! But Jesus doesn't ignore their question or tell them to come up with something more profound, instead he simply replies "Come and see." This invitation was the beginning of a life of following Jesus, whether in day-to-day regular life with its concerns of where to stay or what to eat, or in the most profound and life-changing moments, such as having their feet washed by their Teacher, or seeing him die and rise again. 

Shortly after this, another disciple that had just been called by Jesus, Philip, goes to Nathanael and tells him, "We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth." When Nathanael expresses some doubt that this promised one could come from a bit of a backwater town like Nazareth, Philip replies, "Come and see." The same words of invitation that Jesus used in calling his disciples to follow him were used by his disciples to invite others to follow Jesus too. This is such a simple and profound example for us. Jesus has issued an invitation to us to come to him and see what he has done and continues to do. When we do this, and we recognise who Jesus is, we are to then find others and invite them to come and see Jesus. This simple invitation is not a sales pitch, but an extension of the invitation we have been given. It is not up to us to make people follow, but we can introduce them to the only one who is worth following.

On this page I used the new Joyful Alpha set, along with Trust in the Lord and Made New. The roses are from the digi set called Roses in Bloom. I printed them on clear sticker paper, then coloured with Derwent Lightfast pencils, cut out and stuck onto the background I had created with acrylic paints. The letters were also coloured with coloured pencils. 

Let's be people who respond to Jesus' invitation to "Come and see" and then extend that same invitation to others.

Be blessed...

x Amy x