Follow Me

"Follow me." Matthew 9:9

Ever since I can remember, my mom would take things that other people would throw into the trash, and she would transform them into things she could sell or things we could play with.

Scrap cloth would become stuffed toys. I particularly remember a Santa Claus with a bag full of gifts and miniature toys. A toilet paper roll would become a doll. A plastic bottle, a piggy bank. Egg shells became Christmas ornaments for our tree. She would buy dresses from the ukay ukay and with her sewing machine, make a different dress that fit her out of it. 

We would gather seeds and twigs and she would transform them into beautiful wreaths and mobiles someone would want to buy. She taught us to look at garbage and see their potential.

Jesus did the same with people. He SAW a man named Levi. He was a tax collector, and when other people noticed him, they despised him. But Jesus SAW what Levi could become. Jesus told Levi to, “Follow me."

Levi followed Jesus and became Saint Matthew!

Jesus sees our potential too! He sees what we can become. It doesn't matter what we or others think of ourselves. If we follow Jesus we can become saints too!