What would our Lord do?

Jerry D. Jones' book 201 Great Questions asks,

Mother Theresa called you today and said she is very short-staffed and desperately needs your help in India for two years. There is no pay, but she can provide a bed for you and simple meals with her staff. She explained that your primary responsibilities would be emptying bedpans and giving spoonfuls of water to the dying. What would you tell her? Why?

The following is from Becoming a Christian Extremist, a column for the Tribune & Georgian.

A retired Bishop told me this story of when he was a young minister sent to work for a time among Mother Teresa’s community. Soon after his arrival, the young minister was sent with a team to go change lepers’ bandages in the streets. One leper saw the minister working at the station and asked him to lay hands on him and pray for healing. Horrified by the disfigured face, he ran to the nun leading the group.

“That man wants me to lay hands on him and pray for him. What should I do?” the nervous minister asked.

“What would our Lord do?” the nun asked.

“I know what our Lord would do. I want to know what I am to do,” he stammered back. “How is the disease transmitted?”

“You want a medical answer, and I will not give you one,” the nun replied. “The man wants God’s healing touch. If you are a priest, you will do what your Lord would do. As you walk back over there, decide whether you intend to be a priest or not.”

The now retired Bishop said that the nun’s insistence on following Jesus’ example was the kick in the seat of the pants he needed to become a real minister of Gospel.