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“Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, ‘Why this waste of perfume? It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages and the money given to the poor.’ And they rebuked her harshly.” Mark 14:4-5Mark 14:4-5
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4 But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, “Why has this ointment been wasted? ⁵ For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, ³⁰⁰ denarii was about a years wages for an agricultural laborer. and given to the poor.” They grumbled against her.

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I really don’t understand the attitude of these guys, Lord. It’s not as if they were falling over themselves to give to the poor normally. In fact, if Mary had given the bottle of perfume to them instead of pouring it on You, I’m betting they would have been hunting for an excuse to not spend it on the poor.

What got up their noses was that someone was lavish in her expression of love toward You – far more lavish than they were prepared to be.

Why is it that some people consider anything that is given unreservedly to You to be wasted? They think that a life spent in Your service is wasted; that time spent worshipping You is wasted; that money given for Your kingdom is wasted.

Yet, as she did when she sat at Your feet while Martha bustled around in the kitchen, Mary had very much chosen the better part. She wasn’t indifferent to the needs around her, but she had determined that You were her first priority. It seems that, in every situation, she just couldn’t get enough of You.

Make me like Mary of Bethany, Lord. Cause me to be so totally besotted with You that I will gladly pour out my time, my energy, my possessions, my life for You. Help me to be extravagant in my love for You, no matter how much others may gripe about the “waste.”

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There is one God, and one mediator between God and people, the man Christ Jesus (1 Timothy 2:51 Timothy 2:5
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5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

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9 For in him all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily,

WP-Bible plugin)and Whom God the Father has exalted to the highest place, giving Him the Name which is above every name, that at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:9-11Philippians 2:9-11
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9 Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name; ¹⁰ that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth, ¹¹ and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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