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Heels over head. We've mostly heard the expression as "head over heels," but in the thirteen hundreds, "heels over head" just meant that a thing was upside down. In minister Aaron Hill's sermon today, "heels over head" takes on a different meaning. John 12:1-8 recounts the story of Mary anointing Jesus' feet will an expensive perfume and then drying them with her hair. As a woman's hair was considered her crowning glory in that culture, Mary was demonstrating that even Jesus' feet were greater than her head, than herself. She shows an affection toward Jesus that shows how much she values Him; however, Judas doesn't see Jesus' value. When he points out that the perfume could have been sold for a great deal of money to help the poor, John comments that, in reality, Judas was the money keeper and had been known to have helped himself to the money bag. Judas covets the cost of the perfume in the name of charity. Mary uses the costly perfume to anoint Jesus in preparation for His burial. She shows that He is worth everything to her. Is Jesus worth that to us? Is He worth ALL to us?
By Mineral Springs Church of ChristHeels over head. We've mostly heard the expression as "head over heels," but in the thirteen hundreds, "heels over head" just meant that a thing was upside down. In minister Aaron Hill's sermon today, "heels over head" takes on a different meaning. John 12:1-8 recounts the story of Mary anointing Jesus' feet will an expensive perfume and then drying them with her hair. As a woman's hair was considered her crowning glory in that culture, Mary was demonstrating that even Jesus' feet were greater than her head, than herself. She shows an affection toward Jesus that shows how much she values Him; however, Judas doesn't see Jesus' value. When he points out that the perfume could have been sold for a great deal of money to help the poor, John comments that, in reality, Judas was the money keeper and had been known to have helped himself to the money bag. Judas covets the cost of the perfume in the name of charity. Mary uses the costly perfume to anoint Jesus in preparation for His burial. She shows that He is worth everything to her. Is Jesus worth that to us? Is He worth ALL to us?