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Friday, March 17, 2006 |
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One step closer to the endtimes.
Posted by lucasho @ 3/17/2006 10:48:00 pm
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Saturday, March 04, 2006 |
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The Worship of Tears (from Devotions from the Studio) Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at the table. Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said, "Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?" He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it. :: John 12:1-6 :: We always find her at His feet. In Luke 10, she receives a scolding from her sister for sitting at Jesus' feet. In John 11 she collapses at His feet when He comes to deal with the death of her brother Lazarus. In the passage above, she is there once more, wetting His feet with her tears. And finally, after the Resurrection of Jesus, we see her holding onto Him for joy. Though there is no specific word about His feet, when Jesus says, "You don't have to hold on to me, I haven't ascended to my Father yet," I believe John assumes we understand that she has fallen once more and is clinging to His feet. We sometimes speak of worship as "coming to the feet of Jesus," but we don't tend to bring what Mary brought as her offering. In Luke, it is her curiosity and willingness to learn. At the death of Lazarus, it is her disappointment she brings. At the supper, her sorrows are what she has brought, along with the perfume. And finally in the garden, it is first her confusion and then her relief. Wouldn't you like to be known as the person who is always at the feet of Jesus? Look at what Mary brought. Look now at what you have to bring. Posted by lucasho @ 3/04/2006 11:56:00 am
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