Perfumes has always been used by women as a means of attraction, to draw the attention and admiration of men, especially when it comes to sensuality and to exercise its power of seduction.
It was before the Lord Jesus Christ that one of these women came and poured all her valuable perfume.
A woman came to him having an alabaster flask of very costly fragrant oil, and she poured it on His Head as He sat at the table.(Matthew 26:7).
She knew in her heart that, this Man could not simply be seduced by the pleasant smell of just any perfume , even if it was purchased during the course of a year. She knew that It needed something more to attract the admiration of the One who would be the liberator of her soul.
At that time, it was quite complicated for a woman to approach a man, but Mary approached the Lord Jesus Christ in a way reprehensible in the eyes of others, and the Lord Jesus approved her courage and determination in seeking to draw his attention.
Jesus saw what was inside of her and expressed his satisfaction saying; "Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her ." (Matthew 26:13)
Many have shed their offerings, and they have called attention of men, they have approached before the altar with their proposals.
How has been your approach to God? How have you given your offerings to God?
Mary poured out her life. She gave her everything. she gave What she was, and what she would be from that day forward. She did not despise the Sacred.
Be very careful!! Do not despise the Sacred
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