Triage: A process for sorting injured people into groups based on their need for or likely benefit from immediate medical treatment. Triage is used in hospital emergency rooms, on battlefields, and at disaster sites when limited medical resources must be allocated.

I found this door plaque odd when I was at the doctor’s office the other day so I snapped a photo of it with my cell phone.

I got this funny picture in my head of a nurse in the room where a conveyor belt full of people lying on their backs comes in from some outside arrival point. The nurse is standing over them as each person passed by. They people get slapped with one of two stamps: “Ship Out” or “Received for Care”.

Ever notice how Jesus performed triage? I cannot think of a single time he shipped people out or referred them to another doctor. I cannot think of a single time when people came in from the battlefield of life that he said: They can’t be helped. What we do see is Jesus going into the disaster sites of our lives. I think of disaster triage Jesus performed in the life of Zacchaeus, the woman at the well, the lepers, the man lowered through the roof by friends, Jairus in pain over the death of his daughter, Mary and Martha grieving about their brothers passing and many more.

I see Jesus seeking us out and without limits in the midst of triage he dispenses his grace and love to us. Easter was last month. We remember he ascended into heaven and yet he is still with us. Jesus is still dispensing his grace and love to us. We are his hands and feet. We are the body of Christ in a world where people are on triage conveyor belts. Jesus asks us simply to receive them for care, receive them as they are because he did the same for us. Jesus’ triage is simple: love them all as we have been loved. Easier said than done but with God all things are….POSSIBLE!

Reminder: beginning Wednesday April 3^rd we start a worship service at 6:30pm. If you cannot make the weekend come to the Wednesday worship and receive… TRIAGE by JESUS!!