Luke 7:36-50

My first bible reading at Church occurred today, I read the passage that happens to be the title of this post. The sinful woman in this verse was like the man who owed the money lender 500 silver coins, Simon the Pharisee even told Jesus that that man would have loved the forgiving moneylender more as his debt was greater. But, Simon failed to realize that the woman 'owed' more in sins, and Jesus, because of her treatment of Jesus, forgave her. She loved Jesus more than Simon who thought that inviting him to his house was enough to show Jesus love, but as Jesus pointed out that Simon failed to give Jesus even the most basic of courtesies which in that day would be to give water to guests with which to wash their feet. The woman had the most to lose (her sins) so she wanted to show Jesus that she was faithful to him. And the woman was rewarded by Jesus who forgave her.

Just watched Joyce Meyer ministry on tv this morning. Another great message, today I will not let fear stand in my way, nor will I let the opinions of others affect my mental state. Today has been blessed by GOD!! I will have an excellent day, and I hope others will catch my good mood, I will not mask that I am a child of GOD.

Had a great day so far, sure is hot out.

My first mobile blog post... TEST.

Out of turmoil...

One quick note about the "imperfect game"- As the umpire called the runner safe, disbelief spread throughout the stadium, and soon the entire baseball world. The announcers even began to call the runner out; forgetting for a brief minute that they were not in control of the game. At that time the first base umpire was in control, a man by the name of Jim Joyce. He thought he got the call right, but even he admitted he was wrong when he saw the replay. He admitted he was wrong. The pitcher Armando Galarraga knew instantly he was wronged, he too was in disbelief, but rather than berate the umpire for his obvious mistake, he also admitted something, he admitted that we are human and therefore, are not perfect. We can all learn a lesson from this unfortunate incident, baseball could have suffered a black-eye, but the two men at the center of it all did not give in to the bloggers, the media, the fan outrage; they both took the high ground and because of that taught us all a lesson. It's more than just a game. Games are won games are lost, home runs are hit, batters strike out. A brief write-up in the paper the next day, and the game is history. As long as these two upstanding men are part of our 'summer past time'; this writer knows there is hope for us yet, not just in base-ball, but in life... where winning isn't everything.

Casey at the Bat by Ernest Thayer on Baseball Almanac

Casey at the Bat by Ernest Thayer on Baseball Almanac