What’s the damage?

The invitation is extended — and accepted.  The guests arrive on the appointed evening, and as they recline around an impressively laden table, Simon settles in for a few hours of good food and lively conversation.Enter the woman with the alabaster jar.  In Luke's account, the woman is unnamed and unwelcome — "a woman in the city, who was a sinner."  How exactly she crashes the party, we don't know, but she manages to get in the door, approach the table, kneel quietly behind Jesus, and let down her hair. The contrast between her and the home owner is only too clear. But, they both share one thing - they both need to be forgiven although only one of them knows it and will show love in an unforgettable way.