Wednesday night church

Wednesday night the message was about the adulteress woman. Remember her, caught in the act of adultery, she is brought before Jesus for judgement. They said the law says to stone her and were ready with stones. Jesus wrote in the sand with his finger. Then he said, who ever is without sin can throw the first stone. They all slowly left and the woman was alone before Jesus. Then he told her if no one judged her than he didn't either, go and sin no more.
Now, what was life like for this woman now? Everyone knows she is an adulteress. She can not pretend it didn't happen. Her family is shamed. What can she do now? She has just received forgiveness from the Lord himself.
She will always be known as an adulteress. She cannot hide her past. Even Rahab who saved the spies was descibed as a prostitute in the New Testament even though her life was changed and she is in the linage of Jesus Christ! Her adultery becomes her scar. People can see scars and talk about scars but scars usually do not hurt any more. Our scars become something that we can use to relate to others to tell about the great forgiveness of our savior.