Blair Warner
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Blair Warner
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Owner https://t.co/2Vdkbm3ZEw Dad. Financial coach. Credit/debt consulting. Speaker. Workshops. Coffee. Nutrition. Speak Mandarin. ESL. Christ follower.







Most people think the alabaster box story was just about worship. It was a funeral service. But the most shocking part isn't what happened, it’s who did it. Scripture calls her "a woman of the city, who was a sinner." That is the polite way of saying she was an outcast. She had a very bad reputation. She walked uninvited into a room full of religious elites. You can almost feel the air leave the room. The awkward silence. The stares. She knew exactly what they were thinking; that she was dirt. But she didn't look at them. She only looked at Jesus. When she got there, she didn't just pour the oil. She fell apart. She fell at his feet weeping, washing his feet with her tears. This wasn't a polite cry; it was a gut-wrenching sob. Think about that level of pain. She wasn't crying pretty tears. She was sobbing. Then, she did something completely scandalous. She didn't have a towel, so she unbound her hair to wipe his feet. In that culture, a woman letting her hair down in public was akin to stripping naked. It was shameful. Undignified. She didn't care. She was willing to humiliate herself to honor him. Simon, the religious leader hosting the dinner, watched this train wreck and thought, “If this guy was actually a prophet, he’d know what kind of filth is touching him.” He was disgusted by her history. Jesus, however, was looking at her destiny. He turned to Simon and asked, "Do you see this woman?" Simon saw a problem. Jesus saw the only person in the room who loved him enough to prepare his body for burial. He looked at a woman who had been used, chewed up, and spit out by the world, and he gave her the one thing she never saw coming: "Your sins are forgiven." Maybe you feel like this woman. You feel like you’re carrying too much baggage to even look in God's direction. You think you need to clean up your act before you can walk into the room. You are afraid that if people knew your story, they would judge you. Let them judge. Religion says "What a waste. God has to forgive you before He can accept you." The Gospel says: "Come as you are. You are accepted so that you can be forgiven." Religion demands you clean yourself up outside the door. Jesus opens the door and washes you Himself. Don't let your past stop you. Break the box. Pour out the tears. Are you going to listen to those that sees what you were, or will you fix your gaze on Jesus who sees who you truly are and isn't ashamed of your mess? #Christianity #BiblicalTruth #FaithOverFeelings #Forgiveness #Grace Ellis Enobun























