Love cannot be conjured (David Gore - Luke 7:36-8:3)

Most of us crave a sense of being ‘right’ in our world. We prefer to be on the right side of the law, the right side of the bully, the right side of the tracks (in the days when all the acceptable people lived on one side of town and the others on the ‘other side’ of the rail line). But Jesus changes the parameters of ‘rightness’. In his presence, it no longer matters how right you are in any other context. The only thing that matters is how you are with Jesus! Those who have their ‘rightness’ invested elsewhere often find this most disconcerting! Those who are not held by other forms of rightness appreciate the loving acceptance that Jesus offers.