Lent: Week 2

One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at the 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." And Jesus answering said to him, "Simon, I have something to say to you." And he answered, "Say it, Teacher."

"A certain moneylender had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. When they could not pay, he cancelled the debt of both. Now which of them will love him more?" Simon answered, "The one, I suppose, for whom he cancelled the larger debt." And he said to him, "You have judged rightly." Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven--for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little." And he said to her, "Your sins are forgiven." Then those who were at table with him began to say among themselves, "Who is this, who even forgives sins?" And he said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace."

**Luke 7:36-50

I'm a week behind on this, haha. It's been a busy week.

So this week we were supposed to be fasting from television and movies. We DID fast from movies, no problem. TV was a LOT harder. We didn't really follow that this week, sadly. BUT!! We DID have more discussions about the Psalm we are memorizing, and we definitely had more gospel-centered dialogues. And there were several days where we waited a bit to turn on the TV in the evenings.

This next week (starting today) is no social media/Internet: which means no Facebook! I already know I'm going to struggle massively with this, so please pray for us. We have to use the Internet for our jobs, but hopefully that will be really the only thing we do with it. No online shopping, no reading the news, etc.

At the end of this next week, Andrew and I will be embarking on a huge lifestyle change, and it will be helpful to talk about it on the blog and on Facebook, so I'm hoping the Lord understands on those days, haha. I will be doing another blog post at some point today about it, so stay tuned...