I've got nothing... I'm not sad, depressed or upset about anything. I'm simply tired and ready for bed. I just wanted to pop in and say "Goodnight" to all of you, before turning in for the night.
I'll leave you with something that stuck with me today in a podcast I was listening to. You've likely heard or read it before, but take a minute to read through these verses carefully; soaking in each sentence.
John 8:3-11
The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?" They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.
But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" "No one, sir," she said. "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin."
Whoa. Think about the freedom from condemnation that Jesus just imparted into this woman's life! He wasn't condoning sin, but he wasn't condemning her, either. Our Lord forgave her. This story dovetails so beautifully into another set of scriptures as well:
Romans 8:1-3 (New International Version)
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man
Good Night
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