While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.
When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. "Why this waste?" they asked. "This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor."
Aware of this, Jesus said to them, "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. I tell you the truth, wherever this gospel is preached though out the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her."
Matthew 26:6-13
Some of the most beautiful and powerful times I experience as a Christian come when I spend time in the Lord's presence. Sometimes this is at the altar in a church setting but more often than not, it is when I am at home alone, in prayer and worship entered into His holy chambers. That sense of deep calling to deep at the altar of surrender, that is the place I love to be and quite honestly I could care less what is going on around me. This is as close to heaven here on earth I can ever be.
The woman with the alabaster jar of perfume understood this too. She poured out everything she had and didn't care about the cost. Even though those around her were negative, it just didn't matter to her. If we are still measuring out our offerings, then we do not yet fully understand His worth. To her, he was worth every bit of that expensive perfume.
There are always going to be people around you who are negative, who don't understand your love relationship with God and they will not be afraid to spout their opinion. But you know what? It just doesn't matter. What that woman did was so important to Jesus that he said that wherever the gospel was preached through out the world, what she has done should be also told in memory of her. How amazing is that?
I wonder if there is something I have done for the Lord that will ever be recorded in history? Sound kind of crazy or kind of out there? Not really. The apostle Paul never knew a few letters he wrote to some churches were going to affect so many people as his writings are most of today's New Testament. There is healing, peace, cleansing, forgiveness, joy, release from bondage and addiction, and pure happiness in God's presence. There is nothing more I would love to do than spend as much time there with Him as I possibly can.
I'm pouring out...my praise on You
I'm pouring out my love on You...
Cathi
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He is risen!
"I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live." John 11:25