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The Word for Today Daily Devotional
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PrintThe Word for Today with Bob Gass
There came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment… very precious… and poured it on his head.
Mark 14:3
Don't keep the alabaster box of your love sealed up until your friends are gone! Break it open. Pour it out. Fill their lives with it while you still can. Those words you've thought of saying a thousand times, say them now while their ears can hear them, and their hearts can still be touched. Those flowers you've been meaning to send, do it this week, and brighten their home before they leave it!
It's amazing! The crowd in the house saw her do it, argued about it, and missed the whole point. That night, Judas would set wheels in motion that would lead Jesus to His death.
Time and opportunity were running out. She knew that if she was ever going to demonstrate her love to Him, this was it! Listen to what Jesus said, "She is come aforehand to anoint my body" (Mark 14:8). There it is - kindness aforehand. Fortunes are spent to engrave words in granite and marble that should have been spoken earlier by human lips.
Joseph of Arimathea brought 100 pounds of the same ointment to anoint Jesus after He was dead, yet not a word is mentioned about his "post-mortem" kindness. She brought one pound and poured it on Him while He was still living, and Jesus said, "Wherever the gospel is preached… what she has done will also be told, in memory of her" (Mark 14:9 NIV).
If you have an alabaster box you've been thinking of breaking open, today would be a good time to do it. For one act of kindness while they're still here will mean more than 101 when they're gone!
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