Is She Invited?

Jesus encountered women of various backgrounds, those who were poor in spirit, bloody and bound by infirmity's chains, broken and defeated, demon possessed, wealthy and married to political power. We have a door cracked view of these story's to experience each of these encounters. We can presume at best and even the most presumptuous will likely fall short of the glory of love exchanged with each of these intimate moments, troubled by a need to insert a dutiful portrayal. Photine, Mary, Veronica, Joanna, these ladies were invited to receive from and even pour into Jesus’s ministry; to include funding it. We must not forget who we’re talking about here, one of these women was possessed, there’s a 5-time adulteress in tow and that money, well, it's too “dirty” to fund many ministries today. Simply scandalous. Breathtakingly so. I’ve no choice but agree to conclude each woman’s nobility, admiring a fellow heir of the Kingdom just as Jesus did.

In the beginning, Jesus, the Living Expression, face-to-face with God made all things! With a measured word each of these women were spoken into existence; held in Love long time. That’s history! Understanding that Jesus recognized his expressive creativity, he interacted with goodness spoken. Identifying their origin, he gently pulled it to the forefront for their sake. He simply doesn’t have eyes for any glaring evidence of Adam’s fallen nature.

One question: Would she be invited to your Bible study?

Not for your next pet project of doctrinal reformation -- empathy alone doesn't reveal the whole story, its bias! But grace, in all its measureless, unfair qualities and unearned bounty is where we spy innate worth in each other. Simply because our eyes have fallen on the beauty of the Christ nature within. Choosing each other as a facet of the beauty of the Living Expression; unwilling to forego an single encounter with Love himself requires us to eagerly desire eyes to see what Jesus does.