July 23rd: Luke 7:36-50
Luke 7:36-50
The woman in today's reading is someone who was looked down on by society. Respectable people avoided her and they most certainly would NOT have wanted any physical contact with her.
But Jesus welcomed her. She washed His feet with expensive ointment, wiped them with her hair, and wet them with her tears. He didn't recoil from her. He didn't draw back.
Rather, Jesus loved her. He forgave her.
And Jesus offers that same love and forgiveness to you and to all sinners.
Come to Jesus. He won't recoil from you. He won't draw back. But He will forgive you, love you, and give you new life.
As the hymn says,
The woman in today's reading is someone who was looked down on by society. Respectable people avoided her and they most certainly would NOT have wanted any physical contact with her.
But Jesus welcomed her. She washed His feet with expensive ointment, wiped them with her hair, and wet them with her tears. He didn't recoil from her. He didn't draw back.
Rather, Jesus loved her. He forgave her.
And Jesus offers that same love and forgiveness to you and to all sinners.
Come to Jesus. He won't recoil from you. He won't draw back. But He will forgive you, love you, and give you new life.
As the hymn says,
1 Jesus sinners doth receive;
Oh, may all this saying ponder
Who in sin’s delusions live
And from God and heaven wander!
Here is hope for all who grieve:
Jesus sinners doth receive.
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