"What do you want me to do for you?"

Hearing With The Heart: Conversations Over Coffee

Jesus asks blind Bartimaeus, "What do you want me to do for you?" even when the answer seems obvious. How do things change when we take time to deepen our conversation with Jesus and not only tell him what we need, but also ask him what he wants us to do for him? Bridgett and Janet both share personal experiences of doing just that.
Resources

• Mark 10:46-52
• John 15:16 - It’s not you who chose me but I who chose you to bear much fruit.
• Ephesians 2:10 - For we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good work, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
• Catechism of the Catholic Church 439: Many Jews and even certain Gentiles who shared their hope recognized in Jesus the fundamental attributes of the messianic “Son of David,” promised by God to Israel. Jesus accepted his rightful title of Messiah, though with some reserve because it was understood by some of his contemporaries in too human a sense, as essentially political.
• Quote from Saint John Henry Newman: “God has created me to do Him some definite service. He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission. I may never know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next. I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons. He has not created me for naught. I shall do good; I shall do His work. I shall be an angel of peace, a preacher of truth in my own place, while not intending it if I do but keep His commandments. Therefore, I will trust Him, whatever I am, I can never be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him, in perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him. If I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. He does nothing in vain. He knows what He is about. He may take away my friends. He may throw me among strangers. He may make me feel desolate, make my spirits sink, hide my future from me. Still, He knows what He is about.” (learn more about Saint John Henry Newman here)

Baby Steps:

• Jesus asks, "What do you want me to do for you?" Answer him.
• Then ask Jesus: "What do you want me to do for you?"

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