“Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—for she loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.” Luke 7:47

No one can say it like scripture can, but I would definitely jump at the chance to put together a teaching for this particular passage; though that is not what my goal is for this post.

The lessons I have learned the last two years of my life are too numerous to count; even though most of them revolve around a common circumstance.  It never ceases to amaze me how the Lord can use just ONE incident to produce multiple outcomes for His glory.  What is even more amazing is that usually that ONE incident occurred because of sin and yet He still graciously intercedes.

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As I was studying through Genesis with heaviness of heart yesterday, I reached chapter 18:14, “Is anything too hard for Jehovah?”   Of course this is a well known verse, many Christians quote it in their everyday life and it is one you hear often from the pulpit.  But after I read it, I found my eyes pouring over with tears.  What a neat question for the Lord himself to ask.  Here, Sarah was laughing at the prospect of having a son at her old age because she was looking only at the human possibilities.  To have the Lord himself say that He can do anything and that He will, not only declares his sovereignty, but also brings us to a humble submission to His will.

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