They could not have been more opposite. He owned a home. She wrecked homes. He invited people in. She invited men to a hotel. He spent lavishly on meals. She gave her body to make money for meals. He had a religious degree. She was from the school of hard knocks. He slept in his own bed. She slept in other men's beds.
If you were to ask anyone in town who was more right with God...hands down, he had the vote.
He invited Jesus to dinner with other guests. Slipping in past the guards was the woman of the streets. She immediately went to Jesus. She fell to the ground at his feet. Her flood of tears soaked his feet. Her hair became a towel. She wiped clean the dust from his tired feet. The host of the evening, Simon, was looking around for a way to remove her, but she stayed.
She anointed his feet with an oil that probably cost several nights work. Simon's thoughts should have never entered his head...Jesus heard the harshness of the judgments.
Then Jesus turned toward the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet."
"Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—for she loved much."
"But he who has been forgiven little loves little."
In order to begin to experience a love that never quits we must first recognize how much we have been forgiven.
That is your "God Story". How much has he forgiven you? Remember that reality as you interact with others. It will make a difference.
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