Six days before Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, home of Lazarus, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. Lazarus and his sisters hosted a dinner for him. Martha served and Lazarus was among those who joined him at the table. Then Mary took an extraordinary amount, almost three-quarters of a pound, of very expensive perfume made of pure nard. She anointed Jesus’ feet with it, then wiped his feet dry with her hair. The house was filled with the aroma of the perfume. Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), complained, “This perfume was worth a year’s wages! Why wasn’t it sold and the money given to the poor?” (He said this not because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He carried the money bag and would take what was in it.) Then Jesus said, “Leave her alone. This perfume was to be used in preparation for my burial, and this is how she has used it. You will always have the poor among you, but you won’t always have me.” (John 12:1-8, CEB)
You will always have the poor with you. Does this mean we should not be concerned about poor people? No it means we should not be concerned about treasures and use them to make the poor less poor. Or to at least make the poor more like the rest of us.
We quibble over minutia and people are dying, and yet we can’t take any of our resources with us.
If you have enough to end world hunger and you don’t you do not show God’s love regardless of what you say. If you have enough resources to feed the world and take care of medical issues and you hoard your wealth you are not following God and doing what God has commanded us to do.
Love without limit.
Loving People. Loving God.
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