A raven feeds Elijah in the wilderness (1 Kings 17:2–6).
A Gentile widow in Sidon receives her son back from death (1 Kings 17:8–24).
A Samaritan lifts a man left half-dead on the road (Luke 10:25–37).
Jesus touches lepers, welcomes the unclean, heals a bleeding woman, and receives care at His burial (Matthew 8:2–3; Luke 8:43–48; John 19:38–42).
This Thanksgiving meditation traces how God keeps crossing the lines we draw—using what we call “unclean” to reveal His mercy, restoring what we assume is dead, and showing in Jesus a holiness that never recoils but reaches
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