you can join Simon the Pharisee and love a little bit. But if you are aware of your sin, your failures, and your shortcomings, you have the potential to be a lover of God and a lover of people in the biggest sense of the word. The one who is forgiven little—the one who is unaware of his sins—loves little. That’s why many church people are not lovers of God. They fail to see their need for forgiveness. But people like you and me know God’s great grace and mercy because we experience it daily. And