Take ~5 minutes to read this 'COUGARS Daily' which contains snippets from A Slice of Infinity. Invite your family and friends to participate in reading with you daily. Then, consider sharing your comments or faith questions at CougarsDaily.blogspot.com
- Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon,"Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little." And he said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."
"Do you see this woman?" Jesus asked as the others were questioning her resolve and reputation. "I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven--for she has loved much" (Luke 7:47). In the story that calls our hearts and eyes to attention, we find that the woman not only saw God when others did not, but more significantly, God saw her when others did not. Pouring out all she had at the feet of Christ, weeping at the sight of her massive debt in the face of an innocent man, her silent prayer was interpreted, and answered. Then Jesus lifted her head and said to her, "Your sins are forgiven" (7:48).
Fittingly, George Herbert concludes his grand description of prayer as "something understood." At the feet of God, our broken words and hobbling metaphors are translated. Whether we know what we mean or what we say, God hears and knows and translates our own hearts to ourselves. Our tears and our groans come before the throne of a Father where we are heard and lifted as children understood.
Chad's Comments:
Sometimes it seems that when we are upset with God, we have the greatest opportunity to be near Him. Perhaps it is not our emotional tirade that gets to Him, but our brutal honesty. When we can approach the throne without our preconceptions, perhaps He then shows us the truth of our own hearts - even beyond our own understanding. I believe God knows my heart better than I.
* Make Space for friends in your life. Enjoin them to belief.
* Post your stories of God's intervention on the blog.
* Look for ways to share Awe and Wonder with children - leave suggestions at CougarsDaily.blogspot.com
* Consider joining Life-Devotions (a group of about 100 catholics and protestants sharing their faith through daily devotions and discussion - strong pro Life content)
* The Street Church
* Voice of the Martyrs
- Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon,
"Do you see this woman?" Jesus asked as the others were questioning her resolve and reputation. "I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven--for she has loved much" (Luke 7:47). In the story that calls our hearts and eyes to attention, we find that the woman not only saw God when others did not, but more significantly, God saw her when others did not. Pouring out all she had at the feet of Christ, weeping at the sight of her massive debt in the face of an innocent man, her silent prayer was interpreted, and answered. Then Jesus lifted her head and said to her, "Your sins are forgiven" (7:48).
Fittingly, George Herbert concludes his grand description of prayer as "something understood." At the feet of God, our broken words and hobbling metaphors are translated. Whether we know what we mean or what we say, God hears and knows and translates our own hearts to ourselves. Our tears and our groans come before the throne of a Father where we are heard and lifted as children understood.
Chad's Comments:
Sometimes it seems that when we are upset with God, we have the greatest opportunity to be near Him. Perhaps it is not our emotional tirade that gets to Him, but our brutal honesty. When we can approach the throne without our preconceptions, perhaps He then shows us the truth of our own hearts - even beyond our own understanding. I believe God knows my heart better than I.
* Make Space for friends in your life. Enjoin them to belief.
* Post your stories of God's intervention on the blog.
* Look for ways to share Awe and Wonder with children - leave suggestions at CougarsDaily.blogspot.com
* Consider joining Life-Devotions (a group of about 100 catholics and protestants sharing their faith through daily devotions and discussion - strong pro Life content)
* The Street Church
* Voice of the Martyrs
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