So a lot has happened since my last post. For the silence I am deeply sorry. To catch you up here is a brief recap of the time: Friend visited from Germany we went to a Thunder game (and won of course), the stock yards and saw a rodeo in Ft. Worth, and had multiple Thanksgivings! My Grandpa Harry passed away in December and my mom was in the hospital for abdominal issues. In February my mom and Grandma packed up and moved to Denison, TX to be closer to my brother (apparently I'm chopped liver!). I got a new puppy in April for my birthday, a cream colored golden retriever her name is Anna Mae, but I call her Anna Banana. Mom found a new job in Denison and grandma made some friends and started to learn her way around town. I moved downstairs to the main house and rented out my apartment. Not much happened during the summer I thought about moving to TX but decided I really like the Valley. Fall rolled around and grandma was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer and mom was in and out of the hospital 3 times for stress which manifested in multiple forms. Grandma went through the treatments and had 2 weeks of radiation and came out cancer free! Luckily they caught it early enough it was manageable! And here we are the start of 2015.
My newest obsession is Pottery. I want to take a pottery class so very bad I can taste it! I can't help but think of the refining process that pottery goes through and how we go through a refining process as Christians. The care that is put into each pot, the molding and trimming process. The same way God deals with us, molding us like him and trimming away the parts of our lives that hurt. Thoughts for today. I'll do my best to get back in the swing of blogging.
Be good and do good!
Sarah B
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
The Sinful Woman
Today I was reading Luke 7 the last section of chapter 7 is entitles Jesus Anointed by the Sinful Woman (v36-50). Verse 47 really spoke to me lately, "Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little". Jesus goes on to tell her that her faith has saved her in verse 50.
This story has always stood out to me, she has willingly gone into a place she knows she probably will not be well received because she needs to show her love to and for Christ.
Do I do the same? Does my church? I often wonder if someone were to walk in off the street on any given Sunday if they would have any ounce of hesitation for fear of feeling like The Sinful Woman. Would they been greeted with love and welcomed? Or would they be made to feel like an outsider? Someone no one tells they can't be there but no one goes out of their way to make sure they are welcome.
Am I willing to put love for Christ and love for others above all else? I know the answer, but that doesn't mean I always follow it.
It seems like a constant battle of what I know I should do and what I actually do. I don't think my great love has shown, has yours?
Be good and do good- Sarah B
This story has always stood out to me, she has willingly gone into a place she knows she probably will not be well received because she needs to show her love to and for Christ.
Do I do the same? Does my church? I often wonder if someone were to walk in off the street on any given Sunday if they would have any ounce of hesitation for fear of feeling like The Sinful Woman. Would they been greeted with love and welcomed? Or would they be made to feel like an outsider? Someone no one tells they can't be there but no one goes out of their way to make sure they are welcome.
Am I willing to put love for Christ and love for others above all else? I know the answer, but that doesn't mean I always follow it.
It seems like a constant battle of what I know I should do and what I actually do. I don't think my great love has shown, has yours?
Be good and do good- Sarah B
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