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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

She Did What she Could II

I am continuing today with a further explanation of Elisa Morgan's book She did What She Could.  Morgan continues with an explanation of  the significance of Mary's gesture.  Mary could have done anything to show Jesus she loved him. Yet, she took a very expensive jar of nard and poured it on his head. 
Mary got it. She did this to prepare Jesus for his burial.   Jesus knew this and exalted Mary for her deeds. 
Mary couldn't do a lot in society because she was a woman. But her bold move showed Jesus and the people that she cared more about Jesus than culture's dictated role for her. She loved Jesus, and she didn't let anything stop her. 
The point of it is that Mary gave her very best to Jesus.  She did " what she could" in 
that moment to someone else. 
Morgan poses a question to the reader in the next section. What if I, or in this case you, " did what you could" during  your ordinary day in your ordinary life? What difference would that make to the world?
We'll talk about this in my next post. 
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