Transforming
The 14th Sunday after Pentecost
I love you, God—
you make me strong. ~ Psalm 18:1 (MSG)
When a sinful woman in that town found out that Jesus was there, she bought an expensive bottle of perfume. Then she came and stood behind Jesus. She cried and started washing his feet with her tears and drying them with her hair. The woman kissed his feet and poured the perfume on them. ~ Luke 7:37-38 (MSG)
KEY THOUGHT:
God's love for us changes how we approach life.
PRAYER:
Kind God, thank you for welcoming the weak and the broken into your presence. You actually seem to enjoy having people like me around. The irony is that I tend to be judgmental of people like me. Help me to relax in your presence so that I can be transformed by your love. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
