Don't waste

Have you ever bought something and then found out that it was not what you were expecting?  Have you ever done something and then when you were done you thought, "what a waste of time".

A couple of years ago I did some research on a tablet to see what people were saying about it. There were a lot of good reviews.  So, I bought one.  After about three months it got real slow and the batter drained quickly.  Since that time I have thought how I wasted the money on that tablet.

What Mary did in Mark 14 wasn't a waste.  However, there were some who were there who claimed it was a waste. Look at this:

3 While He was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume of pure nard; and she broke the vial and poured it over His head.
4 But some were indignantly remarking to one another, “Why has this perfume been wasted?
5 “For this perfume might have been sold for over three hundred denarii, and the money given to the poor.” And they were scolding her.
6 But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why do you bother her? She has done a good deed to Me.
7 “For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them; but you do not always have Me.
8 “She has done what she could; she has anointed My body beforehand for the burial.
9 “Truly I say to you, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her.”

The perspective of Mary was that no matter how much the perfume was worth, Jesus was worth ten times that.  She was willing to give up all that she had for Jesus.  Jesus explains that this was all she could do.

One gospel says that the aroma from the perfume filled the room. What you can do for Jesus can cause the world around you to smell like Jesus.

The perspective of others was that they could sell that perfume and help the poor, although that is not what they had in mind.  They were not thinking of the poor at all, they were thinking of the money.

How much is Jesus worth to you?  Is He worth your time?  Is He worth your valued possessions?  Is He worth your money?

Thank you Lord for all you have done for me.  Never let me think that things and my time are more important than you are.  Help me always t value you more than anything else in this world.