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Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some sly way to arrest Jesus and kill him. "But not during the Feast," they said, "or the people may riot."

While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.

Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, "Why this waste of perfume? It could have been sold for more than a year's wages and the money given to the poor." And they rebuked her harshly.

"Leave her alone," said Jesus. "Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me. She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her."

--Mark 14:1-9

And since the act is all there is of you, since humility has reduced you to this single thing alone and now you are no more or no less than your love for the Lord, you yourself are beautiful and rare and rich with meaning.

You are the beauty of faithful loving.

To those who do not truly love, you will ever be ephemeral or else an offense, either a shadow or an idiot. To me you are a model. You gave up all; you became nothing at all save love for the Lord; and exactly so you are remembered. Here, "wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world," is love's moment!

--Walter Wangerin, Jr., Reliving the Passion

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Perfect timing: I just finished watching the entire DVD titled The Gods Aren't Angry. And its message is so very beautiful. Here is a clip of the last ten minutes, that truly brought me to tears.

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I know, it's not Wednesday, but I have a good excuse for being a couple days late.

All of Wednesday and Thursday I spent reading the entire 522 pages of The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood. I'm a bit of a procrastinator, and had left the reading of this book club selection (MY book club selection) to the week of our meeting. Yikes. BUT. I did it! And it was a success with the other members of the club too, which I was super worried about; it seems like people either love or hate Margaret Atwood, no in-betweeners.

So, even though it's Friday, here is this week's something beautiful.



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Flog Yo Blog and My Favorite Song

This song has been THE most influential song to me. It's been my favorite since early high school, and never, ever gets old. It also almost always brings me to tears. I hope you find it as moving as I do.

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Lilly and Her Soviet Sub V2



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Today's something beautiful is a photograph of one of my favorite places on earth: The Arch in Antigua, Guatemala. I've spent some time there studying Spanish and for debriefing after several mission projects. That city has a piece of my heart, and I wanted to share it with you.



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