| Be Like Mary! |
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| Today in my time with God, I read about Mary. A familar passage: John 11 and the death and resurrection of Lazarus. Mary and Martha, his sisters, encounter the Lord upon his arrival to the scene. Jesus wept. I've preached a funeral from this passage. I asked God to give me fresh eyes as I read this familiar and treasured story. I'm glad I did! The Lord showed me something interesting about Mary. When she came out to Him, she fell at his feet (in worship I believe and) in grief. Jesus had delayed his visit to the sisters' dying brother by about four days. Yet, here is where Mary goes... to Jesus' feet. Somehow she knew the best place to be in the worst of times was with Jesus - at His feet. Then, the Lord reminded me that Mary sat in wonder at His feet to listen to His teaching in Luke 10; she falls at His feet in John 11 to bring Him her grief; and she sacrifically anointed and cleaned His feet (with her hair) with a very expensive gift of perfume in John 12. Mary had the heart of a worshiper. In wonder, in wailing, in worship, Mary comes to Jesus with it all! What a good reminder to me that the very best place I can be in life is at the feet of Jesus. No matter what my circumstance or my setting, I can come to Jesus by means of His Spirit within me, knowing that the best place to be - even in the worst of times - is with Jesus.
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