A Love I Can See

John 12:3 "Then took Mary a pound of ointment of Spikenard,very costly,and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair:and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment".

There are many who profess a love for God but it can barley seen if at all in their worship or service to Him.Love is an action word and when one loves another, you should be able to see evidence of that love in the actions of the one doing the loving."For God so loved the world that He gave".......

Here we have a love that can be seen,a love shown by Mary who loves the Lord with her whole being. Here she is sacrificing all that she is and has ,as out of a pure heart she expresses a repentant love.Mary had critized and accused Jesus of neglecting her family when He didn't come sooner to save Lazarus, and here she is now repenting of her sins.Her love is sacrificial and costly, in fact it says very costly. Mary is here taking her most precious possession and giving it to the Lord.Her love was a believing love as she believed that Jesus was the Christ, the promised Messiah, the resurrection and the life,and simply put ,Mary is anointing Jesus to show how deeplyshe loved Him and believed Him to be the anointed one of God.He was her Savior,Lord and King.He had done so much for her and her family that she wanted Him to know how much she  appreciated and loved Him.

What is it that we do to show our love and faith to Christ?Imagine how difficult it was for Mary to do what she did in the presence of so many men.She set aside pride and embarrassment in order to show her Love for her Savior.She gave her best possession to the Lord,and publicly showed her love for Christ for all to witness.Have you given Christ your best possession,your life?Is your love for Christ on public display for all to witness? Is yours a love that can be seen?