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Today's Passage is about a woman “of the town” who has not lived a very peaceful life. Her sins, which were many, caused the Pharisee in whose house Jesus was eating to turn up his nose at her and question why Jesus would allow such a person to wipe the dust off his feet.
At first glance, the woman seemed to be showing remorse for her sins, washing Jesus’ feet and weeping as acts of penitence. Jesus’ parable, however, paints a different picture. Jesus presented the woman as someone whose sins have already been forgiven, and her actions were those of love and thankfulness. "Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven-as her great love has shown" (verse 47). Jesus then blessed the woman, reassuring her that her sins were forgiven and bidding her go in peace.
I wonder how this woman lived after this encounter with Jesus? We are told about her life before she met Jesus. The story shows her great love for the One who has forgiven her. I wonder what her life was like afterwards? I wonder what our lives are like after we meet Jesus? Are we at peace with God and others? May we hear the words of Jesus speak to us this day: “Your sins are forgiven. Now go in peace.”
Hymn for Today: "Wonderful Peace" by W. D. Cornell.
1. Far away in the depths of my spirit tonight
Rolls a melody sweeter than psalm;
In celestial-like strains it unceasingly falls
O’er my soul like an infinite calm.
Refrain: Peace! peace! wonderful peace,
Coming down from the Father above;
Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray,
In fathomless billows of love.
2. What a treasure I have in this wonderful peace,
Buried deep in the heart of my soul;
So secure that no power can mine it away,
While the years of eternity roll.
Refrain: Peace! peace! wonderful peace,
Coming down from the Father above;
Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray,
In fathomless billows of love.
3. I am resting tonight in this wonderful peace,
Resting sweetly in Jesus’ control;
For I’m kept from all danger by night and by day,
And His glory is flooding my soul.
Refrain: Peace! peace! wonderful peace,
Coming down from the Father above;
Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray,
In fathomless billows of love.
4. And I know when I rise to that city of peace,
Where the Author of peace I shall see,
That one strain of the anthems the ransomed will sing,
In that heavenly kingdom shall be:
Refrain: Peace! peace! wonderful peace,
Coming down from the Father above;
Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray,
In fathomless billows of love.
5. O soul, are you here without comfort or rest,
Walking down the rough pathway of time?
Make Jesus your friend ere the shadows grow dark;
O accept this sweet peace so sublime.
Refrain: Peace! peace! wonderful peace,
Coming down from the Father above;
Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray,
In fathomless billows of love.
Thought for Today: Then God’s shalom, passing all understanding, will keep your hearts and minds safe in union with the Messiah Yeshua. (Philippians 4:7).
please pray: That many people in Bolivia will come to know Yeshua the Messiah and receive the fullness of the Ruach HaKodesh.
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