Be An Interrupter
ReRead: John 12:3
Friday 3/20/15 Day 27
Ponder: Certain scents can attract us or repel us. I really enjoy the soft and subtle scent of certain perfumes. It’s pleasant for me. Jesus is enjoying his friends, but getting ready to make his final journey to Jerusalem where he will be crucified. Mary is worshiping at the feet of Jesus; it is her favorite place when Christ is with them. She values Jesus and his teaching and spares no cost to communicate it to him. Mary interrupts Jesus and the evening festivities by taking a pound of costly perfume (used to anoint for burial), extravagantly pours it on Jesus, and wipes his feet with her hair. Jesus, Mary, and the home smell like perfume.