“If I were to walk into your church today, would people see me as a woman, or would they see me as a prostitute?
I did not reply to her somewhat rhetorical question, because I wasn't sure I was proud of the answer. Toos answered with both the mature honesty and compassion she deserved. “Some would see you as a prostitute. But they would be wrong. And it is not how Jesus would see you.”
Annie shook her head resolutely. “No,” she said with conviction, the kind of conviction that only exists when an infinite depth of emotion is attached to it. “The problem with your people is, they tell me I should leave, but they never want to let me forget where I came from either.”
---The Scent of Water by Naomi Zacharias
May we never forget that those who have been given much grace must extend much grace.
And may we never forget that, in His eyes without the shield provided by His Son, we are all prostitutes, hypocrites, murderers, liars, and thieves.
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