SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL FOR JESUS

Hello again on this Tuesday of Holy Week as we head towards Good Friday and Easter Sunday.  On Tuesday of the week Jesus was sacrificed for us, we know that He was at a dinner. Remember the story?

While Jesus is having dinner a woman of “ill repute” comes with a very expensive bottle of perfume and pours the perfume on Jesus’ head to express her love and gratitude to Him and to honour Him. Some of those also in attendance at the dinner were indignant at what seemed like a waste of a lot of money and they rebuked the woman.  Then Jesus said:

“Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me.  She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”  Mark 14:6-9

Jesus knew the time of his death on the cross was near and true to His word, here we are 2000 years later remembering this woman for her act of generous love and worship. 

Jesus’ followers, on the other hand who had been with Him and should have understood what He’d been showing them about the upcoming events, just didn’t get it.   They didn’t understand why Jesus had to die and how He would rise again. 

In some ways how God does things is a mystery to us as well, but we pray today to enter into this experience as God intends. 

Heavenly Father, each year when we come to these days where the Easter events are very much on  many of our minds I find it impossible to wrap my mind around all that Jesus did and why He did it. Why are we that important to You that You would pay this enormous price to forgive us and so we could have a relationship  with You forever – why was that so important to You?  You could have made new things when we humans sinned and walked away from Your presence and yet You chose to make a way of restoration and life for us.  We can’t quite understand the depths of it all but we certainly do appreciate it.

Along with this woman who anointed Jesus feet who also didn’t understand it all but acted in love and worship anyway, that’s how we want to respond today to Your great love.  We come together today to worship You and to give thanks for how our lives have been touched and transformed because You came into them and made us whole. 

Today, help us to do something beautiful for You – whatever that looks like in each of our circumstances.  Amen

Have a wonderful day in the blessing of God on this Tuesday of Holy Week.  See you tomorrow.