DAILY?READINGS: Judges 20; Isaiah 38-39; 1 Corinthians 15:35-58
A friend of publicans and sinners. Matthew 11:19
This was a title given in criticism. Yet it reflected His grace. He was interested in the unpopular, the socially despised, the politically incorrect. He drew near to those whose careers were at a dead end; to those whom no one else bothered themselves for; those who had nowhere else to turn because of the weight of their sin upon their consciences. In other words you and me. By His grace He is Your Friend, and mine. —Mark Fenn
The King of kings lay thus in lowly manger,
In all our trials born to be our Friend!
He knows our need, to our weakness is no stranger;
Behold your King! Before the lowly bend!
Behold your King! Your King! Before Him bend. —J. Dwight & A. Adam