I have always held an affinity for Mary Magdalene, the woman who learned along side the men in the Gospels. She was a student and a teacher, a story-teller and a financial tycoon, she was a sinner and a saint. She is redemption.
Throughout my life, as I commit sin after sin, I look to her as the promise of the ability to change. I strive for that forgiveness she received and my hope often resembles hers: to leave behind past mistakes and move forward toward God's Kingdom. Furthermore, I find my faith not in perfections or when I receive the blessing of a pat on the back; rather, I conti more...
