A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES 

                                             A FAVOURED HOME PART XVII

"I, Mary, am living in Bethany.... I live here with my sister Martha and my brother Lazarus.... Lazarus had been very ill and had even died.... But our Friend Jesus raised him from the dead.... I am so grateful... He and His twelve disciples have now come over.... Martha has been very busy in the kitchen preparing a meal for them.... I have heard her sing while preparing the food.... That means she is happy... I am so pleased she is happy.... For she is in her element making some special dishes for Jesus and the Twelve....After all, she is a great cook.... I know that Jesus understands Martha wants to show Him her love and gratitude by preparing this fabulous meal for Him.... But I am not a great cook.... I prefer to sit at Jesus' feet learning from Him... I would like to show Him my love and gratitude as well.... I cannot do so by cooking a special meal for Him.... But I can do it in another way.... My way...  I know just what to do... I have something very special to give to Him.... I will retrieve it from my bedroom... Jesus will appreciate my gift even when there are others who may not.".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn about Mary's special gift for Jesus.....

 

                     ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                             A FAVOURED HOME PART XVII

Mary wants to show Jesus her love and gratitude as well, but she does it in a different way as you can read in John 12:3

Then Mary took a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus' feet and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

While Martha is serving her delicious dinner, Mary slips into the bedroom. She knows that she is not the excellent cook that Martha is and she knows that she will never be as good as Martha when it comes to cooking the special disher Martha is known for. However, she knows that she can show her gratitude to the Lord in a way that will please Him as much as eating her sister's dishes will please Him. So she quietly slips into the bedroom and gets from the special place where she keeps her treasures, a bottle of special perfume she has kept all these years for she knows the moment has come to use this perfume. But she knows too that this perfume is not to be used on herself. So she re-enters the dining room where everyone is gathered around the table, moves behind Jesus and without saying a word, pours the perfume over His feet. She then looses her hair and uses it as a towel to dry His feet with.