If the IRS tells you that you don't owe your taxes next year, how would you feel if you owed $5? What about $500? What if you owed $10,000?
The degree of our debt impacts the way we feel if it is canceled. The more we owe, the more gratitude we have. Ephesians 2 talks about how we were dead in our sins -- but I don't think we truly realize this. We go through life ignoring the colossal debt we owe towards God. We think it's a trifle, and often our gratitude is small. The more we realize what a huge debt we owe, the more grateful we are for what Christ has done. In this story, the woman has been forgiven much, and in response, she loves much, having been transformed by grace. She is then sent out into the world, transformed, changed.
As are you. Christ has forgiven much for you. Now, you are sent out, no longer the same. How will your gratitude change you?
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