Mary's Perfume

Today we read the story of Mary (the Mary of Martha, Mary and Lazarus) annointing Jesus' body with her perfume.  This story in Matthew 26 and John 12 tells of Mary pouring out her expensive perfume on Jesus' feet and head and then wiping his feet with her hair.  What a beautiful gesture...an extreme showing of devotion and love to this man who will be her Savior.  The Bible tells us that Jesus loved Mary, Martha and Lazarus deeply.  He wept when he heard of Lazarus' death (before raising him from the dead).  The friendship he had with that family was true and real.  I love to daydream about what it would've been like to have been Mary.  To be a devoted follower of Jesus in the flesh.  To be able to spend time with him while he was here on Earth as one of us. 

John 12 tells us that after Mary poured out the perfume, the aroma filled the house.  So to remind us of this act of love, the pouring out of her expensive perfume (that was worth a year's wages)...which Jesus tells us was intended to be used to prepare his body for burial, we made reed diffusers.  And I hope that everytime we smell the aroma around our home, we will be reminded of Jesus' body that was broken for us.

Hunter was really independent in making his reed diffuser.  He cut out the construction paper all by himself...

And put his stickers on alone...

He actually got mad at me if I tried to help him:(

Charlotte chose pink construction paper, but was having a hard time with it, so we decided to switch to ribbon...

After decorating our jars, we poured in the liquid...

And then put the bamboo skewers in...

They were so proud of their final product...

I put mine in the kitchen...

Hunter put his on his dresser...

And we set Charlotte's on the shelf in her room...

If you want to make your own reed diffusers, just click on this link for directions.