$3.48 billion dollars worth -- Let’s talk money, love, Richard Nixon, and forgiveness. Super random, I know. Much of Jesus’ teaching in the Bible has to do with debt - it’s pretty incredible. In Roman Palestine, debt was a very real, agonizing, often brutal reality. Forms were not mailed from the Roman Revenue Service, but strong men who could break your knees showed up and demanded payment. The unfairness of it all, the desperate craving for mercy, proved to be Jesus’ best window into the hearts of his listeners when he was trying to talk about divine and human forgiveness.
Just what I needed this morning. Thanks Jenny!