LOOKING DEEPER
Today we read about
Jesus being anointed
By a sinful woman
We don't know
What her sins were
But we can ASSUME
That they were some serious sins
The host-a pharisee-
CERTAINLY knows what they were
Either through gossip-
Or through some personal
DIRECT EXPERIENCE
To the pharisee
And the other men around the table-
The woman-
Is just a nameless persons
Who is nothing but a sinner
But to Jesus
The woman was still worthy
Of respect-dignity-and forgiveness
“So I tell you
Her many sins
Have been FORGIVEN
Because she has shown GREAT LOVE” Luke 7:47
Jesus looked a LITTLE DEEPER
At her-as he does at us
A little deeper
For the REASONS for her sins
And that is what
We are to do too
LOOK a little deeper
At our family
Look a little deeper
At our friends
And look-A LITTLE DEEPER
At all others
GREAT LOVE compensates
For a great deal
We should NOT be so quick
To JUDGE another human being
“Let the Lord
Judge the peoples
VINDICATE me Lord
According to my righteousness
According to me integrity
O most high” Psalm 7:8
“And he will delight
In the fear of the Lord
He will NOT JUDGE
By what he sees
With his eyes
Or decide by what he HEARS
With his ears” Isaiah 11:3
God LOOKS a little deeper
At us
Just looks a little deeper
For the REASONS
For our behavior
And so should we
With one another
We should give another
The BENEFIT of the doubt
Jesus even lets the sinful woman-
TOUCH him-
And more than that
ALLOWS HER to bathe his feet
In her tears
And wipe them dry
With her hair
ALL the men saw
Was just a sinner
But Jesus looked
A LITTLE DEEPER
For what she had
The capacity to BECOME
Couldn't we also do this
For one another
Couldn't we ALL just look-
A LITTLE DEEPER-
AT ONE ANOTHER
Robert P. Wallman
6-12-16 and 8-12-2021
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Melannie Svoboda, S.N.D.
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