Our question today comes from John 12:5.  Jesus and the disciples are having dinner at the home of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus whom Jesus has raised from the dead.  Mary pours out very expensive perfume to anoint the feet of Jesus and then wiped his feet with her hair.  Judas asks the question, “Why was this not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”  Jesus told Judas to leave her alone.  Mary did a beautiful thing for Jesus.

This painting by Mary Lou Sleevi can be found in her book, “Women of the Word”.  She also writes this….

What a precious moment in the life of both Mary and Jesus!  She truly saw Jesus as Grace, which cannot be bought or sold.  It can only be freely given as a gift from God.  And then she poured out herself extravagantly in her grace filled action.  I love the artist’s words of their shared “sacred sense of KNOWING”.

I wonder if there was a moment when Jesus was on the cross, having been spit upon, mocked, beaten, and even felt forsaken by God, when he thought about Mary and her gift of KNOWING.  He must have felt loved and understood as his heart spoke the words again, “She has done a beautiful thing to me”. (Mark 14:6)

Pondering…

Could we do a  beautiful thing for Jesus?

What might that look like?

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