Day 37
‘…Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard. It was an expensive perfume. She poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the sweet smell of the perfume. “…. Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “The perfume was meant for the day I am buried. You will always have the poor among you. But you won’t always have me.”’ – John 12:3, 7-8
When Mary anointed Jesus’ feet with perfume, she honoured Him by giving Him the item in her life that was likely the most valuable thing that she would ever own. To those watching, this beautiful act of love would have been astonishing. To sacrificially give of your most expensive perfume, valued at about a year’s wages, would be incomprehensible. How will you respond to those around you with a sacrificial heart? Are you willing to give up something that costs you dearly?
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