“The RoseBouquet”

The New Testament talks of more than one Mary, and it takes an advanced scholar to keep track of which one appears where.

I’m not sure just which one it is that slipped into this dinner for Jesus at Simon’s house, but my best guess is that is is Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus. She had a reputation for being devote, and with the resurrection of her brother, she had a lot for which to worship and praise Jesus.

She brought the best ointment she had. Maybe she had saved it a long time, or perhaps she had just gone out and spent all the wealth she had on this one bottle, but the men gathered around that dining table could tell it was expensive.

Mary broke it and poured it all on Jesus’ head. All of it.

Jesus could hear the men muttering to themselves and to each other across the room, about the wasteful expense of this action. He addressed them directly, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me. When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial….”

Huh? How did she know He was to die and be buried soon? She might have overheard Jesus tell His disciples that, and although they had not understood the meaning, Mary did. She was already mourning His death. She missed Jesus before He was gone.

Jesus added, that in the future, whenever the good news of His life was told, people would add this part of what she had done for Him here in anointing Him - her expression of extreme devotion and love. Truly, Mary has been famous for this for over 2000 years.

PRAYER: Oh, Lord, is that the secret to fame? To be utterly and completely in love with You, and to go to the nth degree in showing it? I haven’t thought of it this way before, but - yes, I’d like to be known as a woman sold out completely to You in devoted service.

+++++Jesus is my King+++++Jesus is my King+++++

Blessings on you Today!
Ruth Marlene Friesen

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