Simon said, “Jesus, my mother-in-law is sick in bed with a fever.”
Jesus went to her, took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her immediately, and she began to serve them.
Jesus went to her, took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her immediately, and she began to serve them.
Mark 1.30-31
Simon Peter’s mother-in-law responds to Jesus’ act of raising her up by serving him. She becomes a disciple who gives herself to his new community. In fact, in this story the disciples and Jesus are those who come to be served and Peter’s mother-in-law is the model disciple. She does the same service Jesus twice carries out in Mark’s gospel when he feeds multitudes. She is Jesus first woman disciple.
Who models a discipleship of service that you try to follow in your life?
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