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TUESDAY, February 9

John 7:52-8:11. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.

What did you write, Lord, when that woman and her accusers stood before you? What words did your finger trace in the sand?

Did any of the crowd read it--or had they all gone? Did the woman--anxious, fearing for her life--read the message on the ground? Or was she too relieved, too grateful, too full of your forgiving grace to look down at your words?

The wind has blown away whatever you wrote that day. A million feet have obliterated your words. Yet your action haunts me.

There she stood--terrified, humiliated--wondering how it would feel when the first rock struck her, looking in the face of death and shame.

And you wrote on the ground.

Whatever words your fingers traced, I am sure it was a love note to all of us as we stand guilty before God's judgment. It was a pardon for our sins. It was a message of forgiveness and acceptance. (1984)

PRAY for the Diocese of Atlanta (Province IV, USA)

Ps 78:1-39 * 78:40-72; Genesis 26:1-6, 12-33; Hebrews 13:17-25

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Retired Priest, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, San Pedro, CA. Diocese of Los Angeles.

Feb 09, 2010 at 10:10 am

Written by Norman H Boyd,

Hi, I'm 83 and electronically challenged, but desiring to be involved in a limited way in this blog process. I have been starting my day with this devotion on line for some time and just noticed the process. Norm+
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retired priest

Feb 09, 2010 at 10:12 am

Written by Norman H Boyd,

Hi, I'm tring to get involved. Norm+

Fr.

Feb 09, 2010 at 10:18 am

Written by Norman H Boyd,

Hi, Jane, Anyone, Is there anyone out there? Norm+ My land line is 1 310 514 1705

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Feb 09, 2010 at 10:26 am

Written by djp,

Hi Norman!! It worked. You have mastered yet another skill.

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Feb 09, 2010 at 10:39 am

Written by villiage idiot,

I, too, have stumbled upon this and I am truly happy that I have!

Editor, Forward Day by Day

Feb 09, 2010 at 1:35 pm

Written by Richard H. Schmidt, Editor, "Forward Day by Day",

To all of you so-called idiots out there, I'm the editor at Forward Day by Day and I, too, feel like an idiot in this electronic age. It seems I no sooner master some bit of technology than it becomes passe and I'm told I must learn another. I am on a perpetual learning curve. The old days were not necessarily better, when I literally cut and pasted galleys onto a page, but they were simpler. God blesses idiots like us, I think. He must love us because he made so many of us. Like the sparrows.

Norm+

Feb 09, 2010 at 2:42 pm

Written by Norman H Boyd,

Hi, I'm back at my computer 12:24 pm I'll see how this all works. I received an e mail from Brad Turner and turned my morning meditation back on.

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Feb 09, 2010 at 4:02 pm

Written by rick,

my bible studies teacher taught that Jesus was writting sins... each person [ready to throw a stone] looked down to see a list of their own sins.

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Feb 09, 2010 at 10:06 pm

Written by Steve Doutt,

This is fascinating. I've never even thought about what he wrote on the ground. I guess in my child's eye I imagined Jesus doodling while the others thought about what he was saying.

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