Profound and Sometimes Preposterous Ponderings of Pete

In Church we have been doing a sermon series on the book of Ephesians in the New Testament of the Holy Bible.  Today, Pastor Ira, gave one of his best sermons ever.  He spoke of how the apostle Paul, at the end of chapter 1 and beginning of chapter 2.  Mind you, when he wrote the letter, he did not have chapters in it. Anyway, Paul wants us to remember who we were before we accepted the gift of our salvation from Christ. Ira, explained that in order to accept the gift and understand how great that gift is, we need to fully understand what the condition of our souls were before we had accepted it.  He used the example of a "sinful woman", possibly a  prostitute or an adulteress, some scholars believe she may have been Mary Magdalene, washing Jesus' feet at the house of a pharisee named Simon (not Peter). The event is told by Luke in chapter 7 verses 36-41. You can read it yourself.  But she washes his feet with her tears and dries them with her hair and then anoints them

Recent death has opened scars, Loved ones left to join the stars. Every year a purple mist, but this year especially, more on the list. How much can a heart be rent? How many tears must be spent. I would not ask for they to come back, But why dear God did you open the crack. Eight years for one 5 months for the other, A daughter, a mentor, a close friend and brother. Recent death, has opened scars, Tears have spilled from broken jars. Yes they are in a better place, Yes it will be shortly to see their face. But we who are here endure the pain, We who are here still cry in the rain. We love, we mourn in life's emotional wars, Recent death has opened scars.