John 13:12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. "Do you understand what I have done for you?" he asked them.
Looking at the parallels of Jesus' last supper with his friends, Lazarus, Mary and Martha and his last seder meal with the disciples, this really stuck out to me. This morning Dad made the comment that Mary had done an extravagant thing when she poured the expensive oil on Jesus' feet and wiped them with her hair. All I could think about was Jesus washing the disciples' feet and how "extravagant" that action was on his part. He washes the feet of the ones who will shortly disown him. He is serving them in one of the most demeaning positions of that culture. His extravagant behavior had nothing to do with anything they had done. He didn't ask for anything in return. He simply tells them he has shown them how to act toward one another. Incredible. This extravagant moment between Mary and Jesus was simply a precursor to his extravagant moment with his disciples. We often misunderstand the extravagance of God and try to make sense of it in an earthly manner, like Peter telling Jesus to wash his entire body. Sadly, we misunderstand the true love of a Father who simply wants to love on us and desires our acceptance of that love in return. Have you accepted His love? Mary had.
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