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Trusting the Wisdom of Our Bodies
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K. Cherie Jones | Read John 12:1-8
In this dinner at the home of the family Jesus loved, we witness discipleship in several forms. First we see Mary anointing Jesus’ feet with an expensive perfume, then wiping it away with her hair. Here we see part of the dynamic of discipleship: Jesus loves and cares for her,...
Lord Jesus, you know the contours of my heart. I may know the right answers, but I don’t always do the right things for the right reasons. Continue to teach me how to be your disciple. Amen.
The Isaiah text portrays the redemptive activity of God that is about to be introduced into Israel’s life. All paradigms lie shattered before the immensity of God’s grace! The joy of Psalm 126 is occasioned by the memory of God’s act of redemption in the past and also by the anticipation that a similar intervention is imminent. Paul’s autobiographical sketch directed to the Philippians confesses the change that has come into his life as a result of “knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.” The story of Mary’s anointing of Jesus’ feet must be read in the context of Jesus’ looming passion. Jesus sets Mary’s actions in their proper perspective by linking them to his own death, even as he deflects Judas’s counterfeit compassion.
Read Isaiah 43:16-21. How do you respond to this God who insists on doing new things for the sake of the people?
Read Psalm 126. Pray this psalm three times: (1) pray all the verbs in the past tense in thanksgiving; (2) pray all the verbs in the future tense as a prayer for help; (3) pray verses 1-3 in the past tense, verses 5-6 in the future tense. Which was hardest to pray?
Read Philippians 3:4b-14. What props or credentials do you need to let go of?
Read John 12:1-8. What motivations does your discipleship reflect?
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