Today is Monday, March 24th, 2014; Karen's Korner #2781
(Each Karen's Korner, I email two ways: one batch from my web site and the
other from my computer. More of the emails are sent via my web site, for which I
am having some sending problems. If today's is as garbled as yesterday's, I will
suspend sending any more until it is fixed. STAY TUNED!)
At yesterday's Sunday School class, we looked at a couple of things in
Jesus' life: the times He reached out and touched people physically; and His
teaching using parables. We looked at one of each of them.
The parable we read was from Luke 15:8 - 10 (Life Application Bible):
Jesus tells the parable of the lost
coin
"Or take another illustration:
A woman has ten valuable silver
coins
and loses one.
Won't she light a lamp and look in every corner
of the house
and sweep every nook and cranny until she finds
it?
And then won't she call in her friends and
neighbors to rejoice with her?
In the same way there is joy in the presence of
the angels of God
when one sinner repents."
Commentary:
Palestinian women received ten silver coins as a wedding
gift. These coins held sentimental value like that of a wedding ring, and to
lose one was extremely distressing. Just as a woman would rejoice at finding her
lost coin or ring, so the angels would rejoice over a repentant sinner. Each
individual is precious to God. He grieves over every loss and rejoices whenever
one of his children is found and brought into his
Kingdom.
We can perhaps understand a God who would forgive
sinners who crawl to him for mercy, but a God who searches for sinners and then
forgives them must have extraordinary love! This Is the kind of love that
prompted Jesus to come to earth to search for lost people and save them. This is
the kind of extraordinary love God has for you. If you feel far from God, don't
despair. He is searching for you!
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