Comments on: The Girl with the Alabaster Jar http://shema-yisrael.org/blogspot/2009/12/the-girl-with-the-alabaster-jar/ A blog by the believers in Messiah Yeshua in Boise, Idaho and for anyone whose heart is called by God Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:07:51 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Cataract Moon http://shema-yisrael.org/blogspot/2009/12/the-girl-with-the-alabaster-jar/comment-page-1/#comment-447 Cataract Moon Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:21:05 +0000 http://shema-yisrael.org/blogspot/?p=1273#comment-447 Sure, the woman represents complete devotion we should accomplish toward fellow human beings, but there is an intimate spiritual connection we can attain through the Divine Love expressed through Jesus. As Jesus said many times, "Come and follow me." Don't look back. The pillar of salt is behind all of us, so to speak. The woman does not look back; the cup runs over. The messiah is enough as she transfers her material treasures to the spiritual heaven, where her heart remains forgiven...forever. Moon Sure, the woman represents complete devotion we should accomplish toward fellow human beings, but there is an intimate spiritual connection we can attain through the Divine Love expressed through Jesus. As Jesus said many times, “Come and follow me.” Don’t look back. The pillar of salt is behind all of us, so to speak. The woman does not look back; the cup runs over. The messiah is enough as she transfers her material treasures to the spiritual heaven, where her heart remains forgiven…forever.

Moon

]]> By: James http://shema-yisrael.org/blogspot/2009/12/the-girl-with-the-alabaster-jar/comment-page-1/#comment-446 James Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:38:03 +0000 http://shema-yisrael.org/blogspot/?p=1273#comment-446 I included some of the material from this article in my teaching at my congregation yesterday. Turns out at least some people have heard sermons and teachings on this topic, particularly in the Nazarene church, where the woman's story is coupled with support requests for missionaries, collected in alabaster jars. I'm pleased that this woman's story has not gone forgotten by the body of believers in the modern age. She has something to teach us all about giving and especially how we are to treat the dying. I included some of the material from this article in my teaching at my congregation yesterday. Turns out at least some people have heard sermons and teachings on this topic, particularly in the Nazarene church, where the woman’s story is coupled with support requests for missionaries, collected in alabaster jars.

I’m pleased that this woman’s story has not gone forgotten by the body of believers in the modern age. She has something to teach us all about giving and especially how we are to treat the dying.

]]> By: James http://shema-yisrael.org/blogspot/2009/12/the-girl-with-the-alabaster-jar/comment-page-1/#comment-445 James Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:04:52 +0000 http://shema-yisrael.org/blogspot/?p=1273#comment-445 Thanks you, Darlene. As always, I appreciate your comments and your grace. Thanks you, Darlene. As always, I appreciate your comments and your grace.

]]> By: James http://shema-yisrael.org/blogspot/2009/12/the-girl-with-the-alabaster-jar/comment-page-1/#comment-444 James Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:03:52 +0000 http://shema-yisrael.org/blogspot/?p=1273#comment-444 Thank you for commenting, Valerie. I appreciate your insights. As you say, we don't really know how the woman knew Yeshua was going to die or exactly what she was thinking about when she poured the perfume on the Master's head. Perhaps the knowledge was a gift from God, but that's just my point of view. The important point is that we continue to tell her story as Yeshua desired, and to let it teach us the lessons it contains. Thank you for commenting, Valerie. I appreciate your insights. As you say, we don’t really know how the woman knew Yeshua was going to die or exactly what she was thinking about when she poured the perfume on the Master’s head. Perhaps the knowledge was a gift from God, but that’s just my point of view. The important point is that we continue to tell her story as Yeshua desired, and to let it teach us the lessons it contains.

]]> By: Darlene http://shema-yisrael.org/blogspot/2009/12/the-girl-with-the-alabaster-jar/comment-page-1/#comment-443 Darlene Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:22:33 +0000 http://shema-yisrael.org/blogspot/?p=1273#comment-443 Thank you once again for a very thought provoking message. I went to visit a neighbor lady yesterday at an assisted living facility, with her hershey bars that she liked ,in my purse. When I came to her door, there was a new name and a new resident. I went to the office and they told me that I should call her family for any information I would like to have. It had been nearly a month since she passed. Too much "to do" and putting off the visit has made me very sad that I didn't visit her more while she was sick and dying. I won't beat myself up, but ask for forgiveness for my shortcoming. I have to say that your article certainly has caused me to think about the woman with the alabaster jar and how we who walk in His ways could better serve Him by walking the walk. I really appreciate your articles Jim. They are good reminders, to help me better serve our Almighty God. Darlene Thank you once again for a very thought provoking message. I went to visit a neighbor lady yesterday at an assisted living facility, with her hershey bars that she liked ,in my purse. When I came to her door, there was a new name and a new resident. I went to the office and they told me that I should call her family for any information I would like to have.
It had been nearly a month since she passed. Too much “to do” and putting off the visit has made me very sad that I didn’t visit her more while she was sick and dying. I won’t beat myself up, but ask for forgiveness for my shortcoming. I have to say that your article certainly has caused me to think about the woman with the alabaster jar and how we who walk in His ways could better serve Him by walking the walk.
I really appreciate your articles Jim. They are good reminders, to help me better serve our Almighty God. Darlene

]]> By: Alabaster : informations, photos, carte, vue satellite http://shema-yisrael.org/blogspot/2009/12/the-girl-with-the-alabaster-jar/comment-page-1/#comment-442 Alabaster : informations, photos, carte, vue satellite Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:07:41 +0000 http://shema-yisrael.org/blogspot/?p=1273#comment-442 [...] (Alabama)Comté de Bibb (Alabama)Comté de Shelby (Alabama)Hoover (Alabama) Liens connexes : The Girl with the Alabaster JarWhile Jesus was in Bethany in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper, a woman came to him with [...] [...] (Alabama)Comté de Bibb (Alabama)Comté de Shelby (Alabama)Hoover (Alabama) Liens connexes : The Girl with the Alabaster JarWhile Jesus was in Bethany in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper, a woman came to him with [...]

]]> By: Valerie http://shema-yisrael.org/blogspot/2009/12/the-girl-with-the-alabaster-jar/comment-page-1/#comment-441 Valerie Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:32:37 +0000 http://shema-yisrael.org/blogspot/?p=1273#comment-441 Thank you for this blog, of enlightenment! I read the account and on from your comment that somehow she knew Y'Shua was going to die, in verse 2 of chapter 26 it says, "Then the chief priests,and scribes, and the elders came together at the high court of the high priest, who was called Qayapha, 4 and plotted to seize Y'shua by trickery and kill him". My GUESS is that she overheard the later murmurings, or she was married to one of these, priests, scribes,or elders....? That would perhaps explain how she was able to afford the oils, as opposed to xistianity always wanting to make women in the scripture whores. I saw a woman do a dance years ago in Fla showing this record, it was really beautiful. Thank you for this blog, of enlightenment! I read the account and on from your comment that somehow she knew Y’Shua was going to die, in verse 2 of chapter 26 it says, “Then the chief priests,and scribes, and the elders came together at the high court of the high priest, who was called Qayapha, 4 and plotted to seize Y’shua by trickery and kill him”.

My GUESS is that she overheard the later murmurings, or she was married to one of these, priests, scribes,or elders….?

That would perhaps explain how she was able to afford the oils, as opposed to xistianity always wanting to make women in the scripture whores.

I saw a woman do a dance years ago in Fla showing this record, it was really beautiful.

]]> By: James http://shema-yisrael.org/blogspot/2009/12/the-girl-with-the-alabaster-jar/comment-page-1/#comment-440 James Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:57:58 +0000 http://shema-yisrael.org/blogspot/?p=1273#comment-440 Thank you for your kind comments and insights, Katherine. I agree with you, but devotion to Christ isn't just devotion to him. In showing her love for the Master by almost literally pouring out her heart to him, she also illustrated how we should treat each other. In pouring the perfume on his head, it's like a prayer for the dying; a sweet aroma up to God. Thank you for your kind comments and insights, Katherine. I agree with you, but devotion to Christ isn’t just devotion to him. In showing her love for the Master by almost literally pouring out her heart to him, she also illustrated how we should treat each other. In pouring the perfume on his head, it’s like a prayer for the dying; a sweet aroma up to God.

]]> By: Katherine Russell http://shema-yisrael.org/blogspot/2009/12/the-girl-with-the-alabaster-jar/comment-page-1/#comment-439 Katherine Russell Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:05:39 +0000 http://shema-yisrael.org/blogspot/?p=1273#comment-439 This is one of my favorite accounts in the life of Jesus. Because I generally experience the scripture from just what I read on the page, it speaks to me of a devotion so great that she expressed it in the only way she knew how, giving what she had. Did she know in detail the suffering He was facing? I don't know, I just sense she loved Him beyond her ability to communicate it in any other way.....her all for Him. It is only our reasonable service. This is one of my favorite accounts in the life of Jesus. Because I generally experience the scripture from just what I read on the page, it speaks to me of a devotion so great that she expressed it in the only way she knew how, giving what she had. Did she know in detail the suffering He was facing? I don’t know, I just sense she loved Him beyond her ability to communicate it in any other way…..her all for Him. It is only our reasonable service.

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