Tag: Forgiveness
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Day 284: How Many Times Did a Woman Anoint Jesus? (Luke 7:36-50)
All four Gospels record a woman anointing Jesus with costly perfume. Are they describing the same event, or more than one? This reflection traces the differences between Luke’s “woman of the city,” Mary of Bethany, and the unnamed woman in Matthew and Mark—and what their stories reveal about grace that multiplies.
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Refresh 4: Better Relationships (Colossians 3:5-17)
We’re usually pretty good at identifying what other people need to change. But what if the first step toward better relationships isn’t changing them—it’s allowing Jesus to change us? In Colossians 3, Paul shows us what to put to death, what to put away, what to put on, what to put up with, and what…
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Refresh 2: A Clean Heart (Psalm 51)
We don’t need to rehabilitate a good heart. We need a new heart. That’s the gospel.
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Day 168: Six Things “Heaping Burning Coals” Could Mean (Proverbs 25:21-22)
What does it mean to “heap burning coals” on your enemy’s head? The answer may not be as obvious as you’ve been told—but the command is.
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Day 143: In God’s Hands (2 Samuel 24:14)
David had spent a lifetime at the mercy of human beings. He had faced Goliath, run from Saul, survived Absalom’s rebellion, and watched powerful men manipulate, betray, flatter, and murder for power. So when judgment came, David chose to fall into the hands of God instead of the hands of man. Why? Because even God’s…
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Day 140: The Body Keeps the Score (Psalm 38)
Long before modern psychiatrists gave it a clinical diagnosis, David understood how the body keeps score. In Psalm 38, he describes guilt in physical terms: aching bones, failing strength, throbbing heart. But while the body may keep score, grace doesn’t.