Late Nights and Irish Coffee

So the title really has nothing to do with the post just describes the setting in which I'm writing, and I'll leave it open to interpretation.

I think in regards to writers, essayists, and the like, words no matter placing or context all hold meaning to the story being told. For instance, there's this story in the book of Luke (chapter 7) when Jesus is sitting at this Pharisee's house and eating with him. while they're eating this "sinner" (which is the nice way of saying whore) approaches Jesus and begins sobbing t His feet and then wiping the tears with her hair. And at the last, she begins pouring out this special perfume on His feet. And while this going on, Simon (the pharisee) is thinking, doesn't even say anything but just thinks it, that if Jesus really knew who this woman was He would not let her touch Him. Then Jesus goes into this story about two people owing debts, one owing 50 bucks and the other owing 500, and He asks Simon, "If both are forgiven which one loves more?" Of course Simon answers correctly, the one who owed the most. Then this beautiful discourse from Jesus turns into an unforgettable monologue toward the whore.

Jesus talks about how this woman did all these things from the time He sat down until now and how Simon had failed to do even the smallest part. Then He makes two big statements. He says, that the woman "loved" much and whats beautiful is that the writer used the deepest form of love in Greek. And then at the end Jesus tells the lady to go in "peace". He doesn't say go on trying to forget all the bad that you had done or trying to right everything that was once wrong. He says, "Go in peace!" Go and live your life with no more regrets. He was saying, "Go! Know that all the sin that these pharisees still see God has removed and just rest in that!" I love the definition of this word peace when translated, it means "State brought about by the grace and loving mund of God wherein the derangement and distresses of life caused sin are removed." All that packed into one little word blows me away. So may we live in the state of peace that God has called us to and may we live freely in it. May we love God for all that He has done and walk in it.

Words are a beautiful thing that can encapsulate the soul and define the essence in which we live.

Love much because you have been forgiven much and go in peace!