Alabaster Bottle
An alabaster bottle of exquisite craftsmanship
Filled with the fragrant oil of love for one relationship
Unlike the many others she'd experienced before
For this would be the One true love she surely would adore
For this Man would not see in her her past of sin and grief
But only His forgiven one in whom He had belief
That she in her devotion to His life and to His cause
Would sacrifice her all for Him without regret or pause
And would be through the centuries the first one spoken of
Who saw Him for the One He was her Saviour from above
Who just for her would take her sins if she was all there'd be
And die her Lamb of sacrifice for her eternity
That she might be forgiven made again all fresh and new
The child of God He trusted to do all that she could do
To spread His perfect Gospel of forgiveness for our past
When we by faith believe Him and upon His mercy cast
Our all in realization there's but nothing we can do
To cleanse us of our brokenness and make us whole and new
Not stained by sins we did before when we lived on our own
But clothed with perfect robes of white with not one failure known
For as she saw before He died so we might see today
In Him we have the Light of Life Who is the Truth and Way
From here to our great Father with Whom we might ever live
When we like Mary choose in love our all to Him to give
And trust while we're still living in this world of dark and sin
That by His grace we too might show His face to fallen men
His face of love and passion for the saving of their soul
That like that woman once condemned He too might make them whole
And make of them a testimony for His Truth today
A stepping stone along the path that is the living Way
A vessel made for honor for the Saviour of all men
Who truly want as Mary did to be redeemed from sin
And be what He's ordained them for as leaders among men
Who truly want at any price to have His love within
The center of their being where alone He must abide
Who soon will come in glory for the ones for which He died
Matthew 26:6-13; Luke 7:37-50
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