“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
LEVITICUS 10-12
“ ‘Among those who approach me
I will be proved holy;
in the sight of all the people
I will be honored.’ ”(10:3)
MATTHEW 26:1-19
6While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper, 7a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.
8When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked. 9“This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.”
10Aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 11The poor you will always have with you,a but you will not always have me. 12When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. 13Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”
JOURNAL
Jesus continually has a way of getting to the heart of people. While from a practical standpoint the disciples were correct, the jar of perfume was worth a year's wages, so there is good reason to question such "wasteful" extravagant use. Jesus cuts to the heart. He understands the gesture and the reason for it. Therefore it is never about the money or practicality.
I think about this in regard to God's love for us. When I look at earth, nature, the universe...it all seems so wasteful. Scientists believe that there exist between 2 and 50 million types of living creatures. How is this practical? What is the purpose? There are stars that we have never seen, animals that serve no purpose other than to exist in the wild. Amazing sunsets, deserts, valleys, mountains, lakes, oceans...on and on and on...glorious extravagance! This is God's love. It is never practical, it is perfect.
Then when it comes to my own day to day life I think of how I often don’t give the best of me, how I cut my effort short or how I let situations or emotions or other people limit my responses and my effort. It’s shameful yet God still loves and gives me another day to live in this magical world of his.
Jesus continually has a way of getting to the heart of people. While from a practical standpoint the disciples were correct, the jar of perfume was worth a year's wages, so there is good reason to question such "wasteful" extravagant use. Jesus cuts to the heart. He understands the gesture and the reason for it. Therefore it is never about the money or practicality.
I think about this in regard to God's love for us. When I look at earth, nature, the universe...it all seems so wasteful. Scientists believe that there exist between 2 and 50 million types of living creatures. How is this practical? What is the purpose? There are stars that we have never seen, animals that serve no purpose other than to exist in the wild. Amazing sunsets, deserts, valleys, mountains, lakes, oceans...on and on and on...glorious extravagance! This is God's love. It is never practical, it is perfect.
I think about this in regard to God's love for us. When I look at earth, nature, the universe...it all seems so wasteful. Scientists believe that there exist between 2 and 50 million types of living creatures. How is this practical? What is the purpose? There are stars that we have never seen, animals that serve no purpose other than to exist in the wild. Amazing sunsets, deserts, valleys, mountains, lakes, oceans...on and on and on...glorious extravagance! This is God's love. It is never practical, it is perfect.
Then when it comes to my own day to day life I think of how I often don’t give the best of me, how I cut my effort short or how I let situations or emotions or other people limit my responses and my effort. It’s shameful yet God still loves and gives me another day to live in this magical world of his.
20And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” 21So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.” 23And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
GENESIS 1:20-23
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