Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for His compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.

And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil, and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil. -Luke 7:37-38

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"There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her." -Luke 10:42 

Martha was very good at what she was doing. She knew she wanted to serve. She cooked, she ministered, she accommodated the Teacher and the other guests. She moved diligently. Martha was concerned about all the import . . . . .

But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. -Romans 5:20

The song "Amazing Grace" carries an ever increasing anointing throughout the years. It was a poem penned in 1772 by former slave trader John Newton, and was a published hymnal in 1779. . . . . .

Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. -Philippians 1:6 NIV

There's an unsightly scene that sits on a pristine beach in Asia flanked by gorgeous beach resorts. Sharing the same white sands of the popular island hub is an unfinished hotel that has gray and brown scaffolding all a . . . . .