Call it Beautiful

Matthew 26:7 “A woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on His head…” (NIV)*

Jesus called it beautiful

Disciples deemed it waste

Alabaster jar poured out

Air, perfume laced.

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Costly ointment poured

Scent seeping through hair

Divine appointment obeyed

For burial, prepared.

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Oh, to be willing

His purposes fulfill

To pour costly fragrance

Leaving alabaster jar, spilled.

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poem and photo by Patty Perkins

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Matthew 26:10 “…she has done a beautiful thing to me.” (NIV)*

Matthew 26:12 “When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.” (NIV)*

*The One Year Bible, New International Version, copyright 1986, Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton, Illinois.