She Did What She Could

She Did What She Could is an unedited prayer-poem I wrote in just five minutes. I hope this prayer-poem inspires you today.

Today’s post is based on the prompt for Five Minute Friday. Today’s prompt is “She,” and here is my prayer/poem based on this scripture:

“The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me. She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”

Mark 14:7-9 NIV

 

She Did What She Could

 

Her offering was not meager.

It was a loving sacrifice

of a valuable gift

given to her

that she knew

would be better

for him.

 

She had heard in his stories

he had been presented

with myrrh at birth

from foreign kings

who bowed before him

at only two years old.

 

She had meditated

on his story, envisioning

the opulent flask

that held the fragrance

which his mother turned

round and round

in her hands

before selling it

to pay for their way

back home

to Nazareth from Egypt.

 

His mother

had told her

God’s words had pierced

her soul since his birth

and she wondered

if his mother had sensed

a prophecy of his suffering

while holding that flask

of rich scented oil.

 

Tonight she broke

her own beautiful

flask of myrrh

and poured it

over his feet

not caring

what anyone thought

because he had done

so much to heal her.

 

He had anointed her

with his grace

pouring into every

crack and fissure

of her past

bringing new life

into once what was dead.

 

She hoped

beyond hope

that his predictions

of his impending suffering

weren’t true

but yet she decided

to believe them.

 

She did what she could

in advance

pouring myrrh over

his feet

soon to be pierced

anointing them

with her tears

and brushing them

with her hair

letting the scent cling

as a sweet memory

of his presence.

 

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