Luke 7:37-47

"When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume, and as she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them....."Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven-for she loved much. But he who has been forgiven little, loves little."


These are very moving scriptures. I love how "Dr. Luke", being the physician that he was, pointed out "a woman who had lived a sinful life.." Doesn't that bring great joy to your heart right there? The Holy Spirit prompted Luke to write this to give the reader the CLEAR message of the "type" of woman that was approaching our Jesus. She was not a clean cut chick...nope, she was a sinful woman that had lived a sinful life.

I love how scripture points out she stood behind Jesus..wow. This shows her reverence for the Master..and this should show where we want to be..with Jesus in front, and us following closely behind...letting Him lead us. And then the weeping. Oh my goodness. Sisters, this is where I wanna stop and finish up writing. Weeping. Weeping is what I call the window-wipers of the heart. And the closer we get to our Lord, the more weeping should pour forth from our spirit to His.

I cannot be in Jesus' presence without some form of tears coming out. Either tears of joy, anger, frustration, concern, or sheer passion for who He is. Either way, deep emotions come flooding out when I sit waiting on Him. He brings it up out of my heart. And my heart is not always happy and in a good mood! BUT nevertheless, the Lord is right there..allowing me to weep, and wipe his feet with my tears.

And whomever we weep with or weep for, in the Name of Jesus, He receives those tears for them as well. In the Beatitudes, we are called to show our emotions for the hurting. In doing so, we stand with them in their pain and suffering before our Lord. He receives our alabaster box of tears whether for ourselves or someone else. It's our approach to the Lord that He loves..we choose to commune our brokenness with Him. Something He is very familiar with.

When was the last time you broke your precious anointment of tears upon our Jesus? Perhaps it's time to cry out to Him in the pain of our souls, letting Him know how we feel from the inside out. He already knows. And He welcomes our presence.

Let Him dry our tears and then He will pour out His own heart upon us. Our Jesus is close to the brokenhearted. He knows every request before we ever mention it. And the best part of all of this is He has all the answers. Sometimes He doesn't answer the way we wish, but His answer is always for our best. And there are times when He simply calls us to stand and wait. But while we wait, let's not let our hearts harden. Keep the tears flowing, if not outwardly, then inwardly. Tears speak from many emotions..and they keep the heart from hardening. Our alabaster box is within us...our heart.


Here are a few verses from a song I once heard:

"Like oil upon your feet
Like wine for you to drink
Like water from my heart
I pour my love on you

If praise is like perfume
I'd lavish mine on you
Til every drop is gone
I pour my love on you.."


God bless.


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