Priorities matter. They are not always easy to set, but how we set them speaks volumes. For those who love to have a plan, prioritizing is where you begin. Our priorities are revealed in all we do... and don't do.
Maundy Thursday was the night Jesus shared one last meal with his disciples before he was taken and crucified. It is what we call "The Last Supper." He introduced them to the new covenant of communion. He washed their feet. He spent time with them.
Things were about the change. For those precious moments, he paused to let them know they were important to him. His priorities for the evening might have appeared odd to the disciples and anyone watching. He had been trying to prepare them. They could not fathom that the same man greeted with palms and "hosannas" would soon be brutally beaten, tried in a joke of a trial, and crucified between two thieves.
This scripture is from when Mary (sister of Martha and Lazarus) washed his feet with expensive perfume and dried them with her hair.
"You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.” -John 12:8
Some in the room felt Mary's act was a waste of good perfume. Jesus tried to teach them about getting their priorities straight.
I often wonder what it would have felt like to be alive at the time of Jesus's ministry, death, and resurrection. I fear I would have been running around worried about the house and the Passover meal ahead. I needed the reminder about priorities.
Today, I am grateful for reminders to put our priorities in order.
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