She was hard to love, a hard nut to crack, all wound up – strangled – with cords of anxiety, yet with emotions unbridled, lashing here, spouting there—an octopus of reactions. She took the bottom bunk, which she said would calm her, as she feared everything—the dark, the creaking floors, the light left on, the sound of water dripping in …
“Why this waste?” (Matthew 26:8)
Dearest Ones, What if someone looked at your life and said, “Why this waste?” That seems negative, as if you’re wasting your life on frivolous things. But look at Mary in this scripture. She “wasted” an expensive bottle of perfume. In a moment, she poured it all out on Jesus. The whole house filled with the fragrance of the perfume. …