IT’S TIME TO BREAK THE BOX
Today in my Holy Week study, I was led again to Mark 14. I feel like I’ve spent more time in this chapter lately than ever before.
Mary came to the Savior with an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard. It was precious. Valuable. Expensive. And the scripture says, “She brake the box, and poured it on his head.”
I love that visual. What a sacred moment between Mary and the Savior.
Some around her were upset. They saw it as a waste. But they didn’t understand what was coming. They didn’t see that she was preparing Him for His burial.
She didn’t hold back. She didn’t offer a few drops. She broke the box…and gave it all.
As I read this, I feel a call in my own life.
In this chapter of my life there is a quiet but constant invitation…to break the box. To pour everything I have and everything I am into my relationship with Jesus Christ. To hold nothing in reserve.
This Holy Week feels special. It brings clarity to who and what matters most.
My desire is to...
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