The incidents leading to the cross start almost from Mark 14 itself. Jesus was dining in the house of a man called Simon (not Simon Peter). We can see Mary (sister of Martha and Lazarus) coming there to Jesus to show how much she honors Him. Mark 14 verse 3 says, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume in his head. Previously, we could have read about a sinful woman pouring costly oil over Jesus' feet. Her act was coming out of sincere repentance, and Jesus forgave her. Here, Mary does this only for the sake of doingit forJesus. Can we do things like this—talking to Jesus just for the sake of talking to Him and without any agenda, reading the Bible, His words, just for the sake of loving it? Can we show our true love, the first love, to Jesus? Can we try giving what we have without calculating it? It can only come out of the heart that loves Him. How can we truly love someone if we talk with them, listen to them, to get something from them? Jesus saw the pure motive of Mary and said the following words: Mark 14 verse 6 says, "She has done a beautiful thing to me." May our actions unto God, what we do for God, be motivated by nothing but the love we have for Him.
Dear Jesus, stir our hearts to pour nothing but our first and best love for you. May you see everything we do for you as a beautiful thing. Love you, dear Lord. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.
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