3 Jesus was eating in Bethany at the home of Simon, who once had leprosy, when a woman came in with a very expensive bottle of sweet-smelling perfume. After breaking it open, she poured the perfume on Jesus' head. 4 This made some of the guests angry, and they complained, "Why such a waste? 5 We could have sold this perfume for more than three hundred silver coins and given the money to the poor!" So they started saying cruel things to the woman.
6 But Jesus said: Leave her alone! Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing for me. 7 You will always have the poor with you. And whenever you want to, you can give to them. But you won't always have me here with you. 8 She has done all she could by pouring perfume on my body to prepare it for burial.
Mark 14:3-8
It's nobody's business what people do with the money they make. Even Jesus said that what looks like an indulgence to others looks very different to him. He was very thankful that this woman used her perfume because it was part of the "annointing" the dying. He probably saw the woman's kindness and generosity as a gift from God and as the sign that his demise was imminent. (Recall that the next thing that happens is Judas betraying him.)
Well, I just don't think that Obama really believes in Christian values. Some people think that's great, I guess, but his actions reveal that he is not looking at the world through Christ-like eyes. - Whatever problems people have with religion, I think that they are also not seeing the obvious fact that modern Christianity is a provider of guidelines for looking at the world in a way that is irrationally kind, generous, charitable, grateful, and loving. - Obama is acting like the people yelling at the woman for "wasting" her perfume. And it is this view of the world that drives his need to appoint all these control czars of every flavor.
2 comments:
preach it, sister! great post. how 'bout that big brother infomercial coming next week?
Obama is an empire-building Chicago political hack ward heeler. Nothing more. He's been totally LAME about what's going on in Iran, for example. It's not that relevant whether the two candidates would be that different in Iran - it's about a fraudulent election and tyrannical violence to take away the public forum of the Iranians. Kind, concerned people around the world are taking time to try and help those in danger right now. Our president is standing in the wings, reading the pols, deciding what's best for him. A guy who twittered his brains out for his own campaign has totally missed Twitter's 'finest hour'. He does not get it. Is it four years already?
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