Mary Of Bethany - Her Legacy Of Prayer

Mary of Bethany - Her Legacy Of Prayer

Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

— Matthew 26:10

REFLECT ON:	Matthew 26:6 – 13.
PRAISE GOD:	For giving us the ability to please him.
OFFER THANKS:	For all the beautiful things God has done for you.
CONFESS:	Any unwillingness to embrace the difficult parts of the gospel as well as the joyful parts.
ASK GOD:	To give you a greater hunger to live in his presence and to seek his face.

Lift Your Heart

Lovers like nothing better than to please their beloved. Mother Teresa of Calcutta was a woman who loved God extravagantly. Famous for her work with the poorest of the poor in India and throughout the world, she was always looking for a chance to do “something beautiful for God.” How easy it is for us to neglect our Divine Lover by always asking him to do beautiful things for us rather than by developing our own capacity to please and delight him.

You don’t have to travel to the other side of the world to find opportunities to do something for God. Look for him in the poorest of the poor in your own community — those who are emotionally impoverished, isolated, ill. Find a way to bring the light of God’s love into their darkness. Spend time simply praising God for who he is and how he has revealed himself to you. Honor him by giving him something precious in your own life. Even the smallest gesture can become a beautiful gift for God.

Lord, you have done so many beautiful things for me, pursuing me when I cared nothing for you, restoring my hope, giving me a future worth living for. I want to offer myself generously — not as a miser doling out her favors in hope of a return, but as a woman completely in love with her Maker. Make my life a sweet-smelling fragrance to please you.