The Savior Anointed

The Savior Anointed

 It seems that the woman who came into Simon’s (the leper) house with the box of precious ointment understood to what end she was doing the anointing.  The reason was two fold.  One, she knew that our Lord and Savior was important and “precious” to each one of us and she wanted to honor him.  The seccond, would be that she understood that he would soon be taken from us and she was anointing him to prepare him for burial.  That is really good foresight.  This woman must have studied the scriptures and was paying attention when Christ was speaking. 

The disciples seem to be caught up in the worldly cares and not as in tune with the spiritual matters.  The disciples wanted to do good with the ointment, but they failed to see that what the woman was doing was best.  I think sometimes the cares of the world, even though they sometimes be good, can prevent us from seeing the weightier matters.

This woman, I think, could be compared to the story of the widow’s mite.  This woman came to the Lord with something precious and expensive and offered it to the Lord.  Not only did she essentially give it to our Savior, but she took the time to serve him with it.  If the gospel is true and we trully are here to learn to return to our Father in Heaven, should we not be giving all that we have, all that is precious to us to spread the gospel and honor our Father in Heaven?   I think one of the most prescious and expensive gifts we can give the Lord is our time.  I think I could be better and using my time to visit those in need, to serve in the church and to do those things that would strengthen my testimony like scripture study, prayer, and temple attendance.