Tears and Perfume

Brother Sam expounds the text on the lady who washed Jesus' feet with her tears and wiped His feet with her hair on His visit to Simon’s house. Simon seems to wonder why Jesus would allow such a sinful lady to wash His feet How many times have we approached the Lord like Simon and not like the lady? “He that is forgiven much loves much” Brother Sam calls us to a heart posture that remembers how much we were forgiven so that it informs the depth of our love towards our Lord and Saviour Like the parable of the servant who was forgiven 10,000 talents, we all owe God for our sins for our sins are manifold but God forgave us much Brother Sam calls us to love God for true love for God is the antidote to hating our sins and leaving them behind Fear cannot stop us from committing sins and grieving our Lord. But true Love informed by the magnitude of our sins forgiven helps us to deny ourselves and follow the Lord to the end.