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Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Even Zacchaeus Is Invited to the Feast!
Success Is Not Finding the Right Path and Reaching the End.
It is Loving Everyone Along the Way, No Matter How Far We Get.
Psalm 10:17
O Lord, you will hear the desire of the meek; you will strengthen their heart, you will incline your ear.
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Luke 19:5-6
When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today.” So he hurried down and was happy to welcome him.
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Words of Grace for Today –
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We measure life
in money
in power
in popularity
in relative privileges and comforts
in things of this world,
– ignoring those who come up short.
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And so many must come up short.
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God has always given special attention to those measured as coming up short:
the meek
the widows
the orphans
the slaves
the servants
the handicapped
the ill,
– which pretty much leaves no one out, except those that insist on staying out.
Jesus reaches down where we think people don’t even count, and invites us all to come to the feast of knowing Jesus at home, and in the feast of life (purchased with his death.)
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For God measures life
in empathy
in forgiveness
in helping
in serving
in love
in joy
and in hope,
– and in seeing everyone as they are.
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and the Holy Spirit makes sure no one comes up too short for God to notice!