I love gift giving occasions. I love giving and to be honest, I love receiving gifts. Birthdays, Christmas, Valentine Day and Anniversaries among others are all opportunities to express heart felt affection. Then there are those times someone hands you a gift, out of nowhere, no special occasion. “What’s this for?” “Oh I was in the store, saw this and knew you’d love it.” Those are the gifts that say “you are more than an occasional thought, you are a part of me.” As Jesus disciples we call that an “alabaster offering”. We’ll give this gift to Jesus this Sunday. Alabaster offering is special because it’s a collection of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters daily placed in a box or jar that says to Jesus “you are more than an occasional thought, you are a part of me”. (Matthew 26:6,7,9,13) While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table. Jesus said to them, She has done a beautiful thing to me.” It’s a “beautiful thing” to be gifted from the heart…that’s my Alabaster to Jesus. PK
a beautiful thing 09/18/2024
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