| Monday, March 17, 2008 Monday of Holy Week | ||
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John 12:3 Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
In John's account of this story we see that the woman is Mary, Lazerus' sister. Think about it for a moment. Her brother was dead, but now because of Jesus he is alive again. How would you feel if your brother had died and then came back to life?
The cost of the ointment didn't matter at this point, or in fact it was precisely because it was so expensive that she used it. This was perhaps to show Jesus how grateful she was and how much her brother means to her. In the other accounts Jesus says that this woman is forgiven a great sin. We don't know what he sin was. Maybe it was that she barked at Jesus when he arrived too late to save her brother and that she didn't trust him. The point is that there is no ointment that is valuable enough to save when Jesus is present. He is the life and the resurrection. What could be more valuable than that?
Father, help me by your Holy Spirit to always remember the value of your gift of life. Sometimes we can get rapped up in life itself and forget it's value. Help me in my faith to spare no expense when it comes to following you.
Amen
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