Throw Me - October 23, 2010

Daily Reading

John 7-8

Daily Verse

When they kept on questioning him,

he straightened up and said to them,

"If any one of you is without sin,

let him be the first to throw a stone at her."

John 8:7

Daily Thought

She was caught in adultery. (Apparently she acted alone.)

"The law says such a woman is to be stoned," the religious leaders cornered Jesus. "What do you say?"

"He who is without sin, let him throw the first stone."

For we do not have a high priest

who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses,

but we have one who has been tempted in every way,

just as we are-yet was without sin.

~Hebrews 4:15

Only one could throw a stone.

Jesus straightened up and asked her,

"Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"

"No one, sir," she said.

"Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared.

"Go now and leave your life of sin."

~John 8:10-11

But he didn't.

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
~John 3:17

To God's Glory,
Dave Price

Daily Prayer

Father of grace and mercy, I have given You every reason to condemn me and cast me away. But in Your mercy, you do not give me what I deserve, but have paid the penalty for me. And in Your grace, you give me what I do not deserve and call me righteous and holy. A saint.

May I learn from Your grace and mercy and do the same in this world. May I be one who does not condemn, but restores. May I be one who gives to others, no matter what they deserve. May I love my friends and my enemies, my neighbor as myself.

Amen