Love's Worth

Luke 7:47 NIV
Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.”

Indeed, it is difficult to give what you do not have or make a withdrawal where you have not spent time and resources investing in. It is even more difficult to demand love from a heart that sees no reason to love, or to place a demand on a person to give something of value, when the person has not yet learned the value of that thing.

The woman who wiped Jesus' feet with her tears indeed where she was coming from. She had been judged, sentenced and executed by the people around her, due to her lifestyle. People couldn't care less where she went or what she said; she wasn't worth the time or the effort. In just a few words from Jesus, his merciful heart is revealed: no life is so far gone that it is behind redemption; and no life is a waste If it makes peace  with It's creator.

Most times, our love is directly proportional to the mercies that we think we have received from God. We compare sins and feel that what I have done isn't half as bad as what this other person has done. We feel superior to serial offenders, thinking that we had any good in ourselves in the first place. All that we are and have are direct results of the mercy of God. He's forgiven us all our sins and given us a fresh start. Let us therefore live our lives as grateful children who have been forgiven much. There's Nothing like small sins; the slightest one was enough to take Christ to the cross.

Do you feel forgiven? Do you even know the worth of the sacrifice Christ made? Live today with a fresh start in view, knowing that in Christ, the past is forgotten and forgiven. His time of favour is here.