We came again, in our
reading,
to that small home in
Bethany, home,
to two sisters and a now-risen
brother;
Three believers, friends,
of the Christ, our Savior
God made flesh, Emmanuel
here at the beginning of His
Passion
Three richly blessed friends
who teach us lessons
as they were taught,
of the essential things,
of God’s nature,
of belief itself, and
the value of things
Sitting at the table with them
anointed now,
by the faithful sister
the one who sat and listened
whose tears
led Him to cry
over her brother, His friend
Anointing his feet
with fragrant oils,
perhaps her dowry,
wiping them with her hair
extravagant love
from a woman,
from a family well-blessed
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edited April 7, 2015
A Family Well-Blessed – v2
March 28, 2007, April 7, 2007
16:20
A Family Well-Blessed
Based on the sermon, “Extravagant
Love”
by the Reverend Lori
Eldredge,
Wesley United Methodist
Church,
Concord, NH on March 25, 2007
John 12:1-8
and Luke 10:38-42, and John
11:1-44
&
edited December 25, 2014
the jar of our flesh – v4
edited November 22, 2014
the jar of our flesh – v3
(editing original again)
edited November 18, 2014
the jar of our flesh – v2
edited November 17, 2014
the jar of our flesh
edited November 17, 2014
alabaster skin – v2
September 11, 2014
alabaster skin
John 12:1-11
Chapter 10: “Mary’s Extravagant Love”
Chapter 9: “Martha’s Teachable Heart”
John 11:35
“Jesus wept.”
Chapter 8: “Lessons from Lazarus”
Chapter 6: “Kitchen Service”
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Philippians 2:3-4
Chapter 7: “The Better Part”
Luke 10:42
Matthew 6:33
Chapter 5: “Living Room Intimacy”
Revelations 3:20
John 15:5
Chapter 4: “The Cure”
Luke 10:41-42
James 1:5 (NIV)
John 9:1-11
the blind man healed
Chapter 3: “The Diagnosis”
Luke 10:41
“Martha you are worried
about many things.”
Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV)
Chapter 2: “Lord, Do You Care?”
Luke 10:40
Psalm 62:8
Chapter 1: “A Tale of Two Sisters”
Luke 10:38-42
Matthew 11:28
Matthew 11:28-30
Matthew 11:25-30
Revelations 3:20 (NKJV)
introductory video and session one of
Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World
by Joanna Weaver
pastor spouse to John Weaver
Hamilton Assembly of God
&
Spirit Study
led by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
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