“I tell you that her sins,
her many sins,
must have been forgiven her,
or she would not have shown
such great love.”  Luke 8:1-3

Some days the words don’t come easily for me, but perhaps that is because the message in the scriptures is so clear that I (and maybe you too) don’t need more words.

As I pray with today’s gospel reading I am reminded of a beautiful Quaker hymn from the American South: What Wondrous Love is this.

I’m taking this as my prayer for the day.

What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul?
What wondrous love is this, O my soul?
What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss
to bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul,
to bear the dreadful curse for my soul?

When I was sinking down, sinking down, sinking down,
when I was sinking down, sinking down,
when I was sinking down beneath God’s righteous frown,
Christ laid aside his crown for my soul, for my soul,
Christ laid aside his crown for my soul.

To God and to the Lamb I will sing, I will sing,
to God and to the Lamb I will sing,
to God and to the Lamb who is the great I Am,
while millions join the theme, I will sing, I will sing,
while millions join the theme, I will sing.

 And when from death I’m free I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on,
and when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on,
and when from death I’m free, I’ll sing and joyful be,
and through eternity I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on,
and through eternity I’ll sing on.