A Writers Block

What would I do to be remembered by Christ? The picture above is one of a woman whom many believe to be Lazarus’ sister, Mary, down at Jesus’ feet. Jesus commented in some of the gospels that her action of pouring very expensive perfume on his head and feet and wiping it away with her hair was something to be remembered wherever the gospel was preached. Why did Christ want her action to be remembered? I wonder how she felt when she entered that room of men. She wasn’t invited to be there, nor was it proper. And letting your hair down in public was even more taboo for a woman of that time. But Jesus had brought her brother back from the dead so she knew better than most who he was. She knew his heart, she knew his importance, she knew his power. She knew that her life could have meant nothing to him, but it didn’t. Mary would do anything for Jesus, even something as scandalous as entering a room of men and letting her hair down to do a servant’s job. She didn’t care what it cost her in ...

“AAARRGGGHHH!!! I’m having a Life crisis!!” That’s what my hubby heard from the Laundry room this afternoon, though it wasn’t what he thought. I had tried to dump the last of the Life Cereal into the trash can but totally missed, pouring all the crumbs into the cabinet and onto the floor. That’s the equivalent of a couple cups of sugar and oats all over. Not an easy mess to clean up. I grabbed the dust-buster, sucked most of it up, and shook the rest out of the rug. As I turned the buster over to hang it back up in the charger, the contents of it spilled all over the dirty laundry and the floor. That’s when I hollered. Sometimes life is like that. It’s messy, not easy to take care of, and doesn’t always go where we want it to. On top of all that, we tend to make a bigger deal out of it than is really necessary. It’s just Life! God can fix it, clean it up, redirect it… No biggie! Needless to say, it was just cereal. I cleaned it up, chuckling at the new perspective God had given me on L...