A forgiving Kind of Love

The story is well known. In Luke 7:36-50, Jesus is invited to the prestigious home of Simon the Pharisee. Unlike other guests, he was not welcomed with a kiss, had his feet washed or annointed with sweet oil. Instead he went right to work, like a press conference. But a woman, who WAS as sinner once, came and stood crying at Jesus' feet, wiped the tears off with her hair and annointed his feet with sweet perfume.
The two ends of the table tell two stories; of selfish indulgence and selfless love, of calculating who's in and who's out and unrestricted access to God's mercy, grace and love. The key to the text is that we love as we have been forgiven: either lavishly or miserly.