Do you love a good story?
I know I do. Our Grace & Truth linkup offers so many wonderful posts each week, and I have been delighted to meet some awesome new people as I visit around. Last week my heart got all fluttery over a beautiful story. It was a familiar story told in a new way, through fresh eyes. If you have spent any time at all reading the Bible, you know the story of how Mary poured an expensive jar of perfume all over Jesus’ feet, to the consternation and ire of His disciples. Now, don’t click away just because the story is familiar. Hang with me, because I want you to read it today as told by my featured blogger, Renee Kinlaw. First, though, let me tell you a bit about Renee.
Renee is a native of Conway, SC. She was raised in a Christian home and in Bethlehem Baptist Church where her husband, Rev. Mike Kinlaw, now serves as Pastor. Renee and Mike met when he came to Bethlehem from St. Pauls, NC to serve as Youth Pastor. In November of 1996, Mike was voted in as Pastor, just one month before the two were married. Ministering side by side with her “soul mate” has been a dream come true for Renee. She truly believes that God hand picked Mike just for her.
Renee’s post last Friday was entitled, To What Purpose Is This Waste? Here is a taste to whet your appetite. You can click the link below this tiny taste to read the rest of the post.
I have wrestled with this question all week long. It appeared in the 26th Chapter of my daily Bible reading from the book of Matthew. Jesus is at the house of Simon the Leper, in the town of Bethany. It was the hometown of Mary, Martha and their famous brother Lazarus.
The men were gathered around the table, eating their meal while the women were busy taking care of their guest. I wonder what the conversation was like. There’s no doubt that it somehow found it’s way back to Jerusalem. Jesus’ mind was always thinking of Jerusalem. Oh, how He loved Jerusalem, just thinking of the beautiful city of God brought pain and heaviness to His soul. If only they had accepted Him as their Messiah. Things would be so different.
Excitement was in their voices as they discussed the temple. It was their heritage, their pride and joy. The place built to worship God, yet somehow it had replaced Him as the heart of worship. It seemed the temple was more important to them than the God of the temple. With their heads falling slightly lower, their voices changed as they thought of His words of destruction to their beloved sanctuary.
(Sigh) He had talked of his own death too. That day was approaching fast. Time was running out and there was so much more they needed to know. He tried to prepare them for the worst, yet He knew as He looked at them now, they still did not get it. His heart was filled with pity as He thought of them. So much they would have to endure, but they would endure. Afterwards, yes, afterwards, when His task here was done, they would finally grasp the truth. How much easier for them if they could only achieve that now, but for now their minds were still on earthly things and earthly kingdoms.
That’s why they didn’t see her.
Click here to read the rest of Renee’s post. Then, come back here, scroll to the bottom of my post, and link up your post.
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