Mary, did you know that love could
be more than simply physical before you met Jesus?
Through Jesus you discovered your
soul, and found the love that could stir your heart to selfless pleasure, bathe
it in holy joy. No superficial love could ever suffice again.
Jesus saw you as a person worthy of
great love, real and true, and you found Him to be right.
You ignored those who would stop
you from washing the feet of Your Lord.
A waste of expensive perfume? You
thought not.
I know not. A fitting tiny gift for
the giver of all gifts.
Mary, Jesus spoke to you first outside
the tomb on that Resurrection day. Before He spoke to Peter and John and the
other disciples. No gardener was He, but your risen Lord. To your amazement.
The God you watched in anguish die,
rose to conquer His death and yours and ours. O my goodness, such greatness
would be incomprehensible if it weren’t real.
You are honored, Mary, and emulated
for the gifts of purity and holiness you reclaimed in your body and made respondent
in your soul. This same holiness is now available
to all mankind, how amazing is this!
Lord, what may I give you this
holiday season. What gift of myself do I still withhold?
May I ignore those who would stop
me from total surrender, from the fullness of worship with all my life.
Luke
Chapter 7:36-50; John Chapter 20:11-18
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