Unapologetic Tears

Hello friend and welcome to this daily encouragement from Our Daily Bread Lisa Morgan.

They like to share today's reading with you that I titled unapologetic tears. I'm sorry Karen said, apologizing for her flowing tears after the death of her husband. She stretched herself to care for her teenage kids when men from church provided a weekend camping excursion to entertain them and give her a break. Karen wept with gratitude. Apologizing over and over for her tears. Why do so many of us apologized for our tears. Simon the Pharisee invited Jesus to dinner in the middle of the meal as Jesus reclined at the table. A woman who had lived a sinful life brought an alabaster jar of perfume. Luke chapter 7 verse 38 says as she stood behind Jesus at his feet. Weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them unapologetically. This woman freely expressed her love and then unwound her hair to dry Jesus feet overflowing with gratitude and love for Jesus.

She topped off her tears with perfumed kisses actions that contrasted with those of the proper coldhearted host Jesus response. He praised her exuberant expression of love and proclaimed her forgiven, we may be tempted to squelch tears of gratitude when they threatened to overflow that God made us emotional beings and we can use our feelings to honor him like the woman in Luke's gospel unapologetically express our love for our good God who provides for our needs and freely receives my thankful response. Today's Our Daily Bread devotional Scripture reading is from Luke chapter 7 verses 36 to 44 when one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him. He went to the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table. A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's house so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume as she stood behind him at his feet. Weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them. When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this he said to himself. If this man were a prophet he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is that she is a sinner. Jesus answered him. Simon, I have something to tell you tell me teacher. He said two people owed money to a certain moneylender.

One owed him 500 denarii and the other 50. Neither of them had the money to pay him back and so he forgave the depths of both now which of them will love him more Simon replied. I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven. You have judged correctly. Jesus said then he 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 that she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. Let's pray. Loving God, thank you so much for your grace. Thank you for seeing our gestures of love. However, we give them.

Thank you for giving us the grace we need to love you back for loving us in Jesus name we pray. Amen. Today's encouragement was provided by Our Daily Bread ministries