Here is a good but sobering poem about the woman in the Bible and the alabaster box of ointment. I thought that not only the poem but THIS WOMAN and HER HUMILITY were worthy of mention:
She anointed Him with spikenard.
His feet she washed with tears.
She knelt before Him, broken,
‘Til He allayed her fears.
“What a waste of costly ointment!”
The disciple judged and said.
Nay! What she did, she did in love,
Remember when I’m dead.
For I shall rise again, dear friends,
And I shall conquer death.
But this is for my burial,
And done while I have breath.
My feet she washed with tears
And she wiped them with her hair.
What she did will be related
With the Gospel everywhere!
Now many Christians suffered
At the hands of wicked men,
With agonies unspeakable
Why should it be so, then,
That this woman who did cry
And wash our dear Lord’s feet
Should be spoken of so widely?
Is this not indiscreet?
Here then is that great secret
Of the alabaster box.
(And what a revelation
That one small key unlocks.)
The King sat at the table,
The Song of Solomon said.
His bride caused smell of spikenard
To rise there while He fed.
And Christ the Lord, He sat at meat
In that poor leper’s house.
The woman humbled at His feet,
In figure, was His spouse.
The parallel is clear at once,
The shadow we can see.
The bride of our Lord Jesus Christ
Is none but you and me.
The sober lesson we must learn
In parallel complete;
Through humility we become the bride,
By crying at His feet.
Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
- Matthew 26:13
By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
- Proverbs 22:4
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
- I Peter 5:5
He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
- Psalm 126:6
