**If you missed yesterday, do not fret! Either backtrack and do two lessons today or just pick up here!**
Extravagant Love
Love makes us do rash things sometimes, doesn’t it?? Wrex and I stayed up waaaaaaaay too late last night visiting and as we discussed it this morning he said, “We’ve have had the problem since the day we met, haven’t we?” (Insert big, cheesey grin here.) It’s a true statement. During the beginnings of our relationship, we’d spend time together until the dorms closed and then we’d talk on the phone to each other well into the morning…morning as in, time to go to class. We were just so enamored with each other and we threw caution to the wind when it came to logic/rest/responsibilities the next day. The same could be said of Mary of Bethany…
In the days that followed, Jesus went about His teachings. While in Bethany, Mary got a wild hair and anointed the feet of Jesus. She took an expensive perfume, broke open the jar, poured it on His feet and wiped them with her hair. Can you even imagine?! What a incredible, and somewhat crazy, gesture!
Those around them grew angry that she would waste something so expensive; they thought she should’ve sold it and given the money to the poor. Jesus came to her defense and told them what a beautiful thing she had done. Her actions remind us that following Jesus sometimes means throwing caution to the wind in overwhelming outpourings of love and compassion – extravagant, extreme love.
Read: Mark 14:1-10 John 12:1-11
Watch and Do: Worship the Lord
— Show Him love by taking time to worship Him with song and dance! Take the time to prepare your hearts and rid the room of distractions…clear 15 minutes of your schedule JUST to praise Him. (For moms, that IS extravagant, yes?!)
We chose to worship to Hosanna, Jesus is Alive, and Amazing Grace.
Pray: Lord, we love you! Help us to love you extravagantly and without caution – You are so deserving of that kind of love because that’s how You love us.