Feb. 20

Read John 12: 1-11 

^1-3Six days before Passover, Jesus entered Bethany where Lazarus, so recently raised from the dead, was living. Lazarus and his sisters invited Jesus to dinner at their home. Martha served. Lazarus was one of those sitting at the table with them. Mary came in with a jar of very expensive aromatic oils, anointed and massaged Jesus' feet, and then wiped them with her hair. The fragrance of the oils filled the house.

 ^4-6Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, even then getting ready to betray him, said, "Why wasn't this oil sold and the money given to the poor? It would have easily brought three hundred silver pieces." He said this not because he cared two cents about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of their common funds, but also embezzled them. (The Message)

 Some thought to ponder and share with others:

·         What do you think led Mary to bring the oil to Jesus?

·         Have you ever felt the desire to give as extravagantly as Mary did?

·         When you see someone giving extravagantly do you respond more like Judas or like Jesus?

·         What would it take for you to give as extravagantly as Mary?