The Thankful Woman
Luke 7:36-50 Our true story comes from a part of the Bible called the Gospel of Luke. Luke loved Jesus and wanted others to know and love Jesus, too. And the word gospel means “good news!” One day, an important teacher invited Jesus to his house for dinner. Many people came to the dinner, and they were sitting around the table with Jesus, eating and talking. Then a woman, who was not invited, walked in with a bottle of perfume. Now, this woman had made a lot of bad choices, so the important teacher who invited Jesus over did not think she should be at the dinner. But the woman heard that Jesus was going to be there. She knew Jesus loved her, and she wanted to see Him. The woman went to Jesus and started crying. Do you know why she was crying? She was crying because she knew Jesus loved her, no matter what. She was SO thankful that Jesus loved her that she wanted to do something special for Him. So, she washed Jesus’ feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. She poured special p...