Daily Reflections From Higher Things®

Today's Reading: Luke 15:1-10 Daily Lectionary: Joshua 3:1-17; Acts 9:1-22 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them." (Luke 15:2) In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. The Pharisees and scribes resented Jesus for treating everyone the same way. Jesus ate with the righteous Pharisees and scribes, and then He ate with sinners. He made no distinctions between them. Jesus is only imitating His Father. God is like a shepherd who pursues his lost sheep, or like a woman who searches for her lost coin. If a shepherd celebrates when he finds his lost sheep, and if a woman celebrates when she finds her money, then won't God celebrate when a sinner repents? Certainly people are more important than sheep and coins. Jesus describes God as a father who celebrates when His younger, rebellious son returns to Him. This story is similar to the previous two stories, but there is a significant difference. In this story, there is an elder son, who never left his father and rese