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“One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table. And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, ‘If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.’” - Luke 7:36-39

“Because the Pharisee does not understand grace, he condemns Jesus for prophet-disqualifying conduct. The Pharisee knew that she was a prostitute, and to him, her identity and personhood were entwined with this dangerous sin. But Jesus knew that her sin was not her ontology: being a prostitute may have been how she was, but it was not who she was. Ontologically speaking, she was an image bearer, a child of God, chosen from before the foundations of the world and set apart for just this moment.” The Gospel Comes with a House Key - Rosaria Butterfield

She carries a pearl

In perfect condition

What once was hurt

What once was friction

What left a mark

No longer stings

Because Grace makes beauty

Out of ugly things

Grace finds beauty

In everything

Grace finds goodness in everything

(Songwriters: Adam Clayton / Dave Evans / Larry Mullen / Paul Hewson)