Draw Near

I'm reading in Luke 15:1 which spoke to me in the following way: the tax collectors and sinners drew near to Jesus while the Pharisees and scribes grumbled. I have to ask myself if I'm a grumbler or am I longing to draw near to Jesus? And do I receive sinners or do I think myself to be better than they? Sometimes I act like the Pharisees who thought they did enough good to merit heaven and that makes me better. Oh my Lord! Please keep me humble, I pray! I want to draw other sinners like me to You and I won't be able to do that if I'm being Pharisee-ical!

We have guests staying with us this weekend, namely Tim's mom and sister. They arrived after sitting in traffic for quite awhile after a couple of different accidents. We started the weekend off with a delicious pork roast, baked sweet potatoes, broccoli,fried squash, biscuits and blackberry cobbler and ice cream for dessert. Then we spent the evening chatting. It's going to be a great weekend! Hope you have a great one, too!