Mary Ann's Blog: Kingdom Seekers

THE BROKEN BOX – By Mary Ann Wray “There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.” Matthew 26: 7 Most everyone is familiar with the Biblical account of Mary Magdalene pouring expensive ointment out upon Jesus. Scripture gives us four gospel accounts from four different perspectives, four different apostles. Each account sheds a different light on the situation. We see from these accounts that this was the most valuable thing Mary owned at the time. Some scholars say it was worth a year’s worth of wages. In our currency it would equal somewhere around $20,000.00.   Some say she would have had to get this from the “Black Market” because ointment like spikenard was from the Orient and used only for Kings. It was something you just couldn’t pick up in the local market. Others say that it was used on the wedding night and the bride anointed her...

Holy Ghost Pop-Ups… Mary Ann Wray While working the other day  and getting very frustrated with firewalls preventing applications from opening quickly without getting a pop up, I rebooted several times but the pop ups kept re-appearing. Rebooting didn't make them disappear either. Finally, I took a break and God showed me something!  I can frustrate the grace of God the same way. Every time He tries to open up a truth to me about my soul that I need to address and crucify, I can react in man y different ways rather than patiently seek Him in the frustration and get some understanding. I can get angry, divert the truth and say it's for somebody else, get defensive about it, shift the blame to a close relative or friend, even deny it exists altogether and even try to 'spiritualize' why I react this way! His Holy Spirit "Pop-Ups" come in a variety of ways. Whether it's through correction, a sermon, something we read, or hear, a...