{"id":6537,"date":"2018-03-08T09:37:40","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T14:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&p=6537"},"modified":"2018-03-08T09:37:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T14:37:40","slug":"i-tell-you-the-truth-wherever-the-good-news-is-preached-throughout-the-world-this-womans-deed-will-be-remembered-and-discussed-mark-149-nlt","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/i-tell-you-the-truth-wherever-the-good-news-is-preached-throughout-the-world-this-womans-deed-will-be-remembered-and-discussed-mark-149-nlt","title":{"rendered":"“I tell you the truth, wherever the Good News is preached throughout the world, this woman\u2019s deed will be remembered and discussed.\u201d (Mark 14:9 NLT)."},"content":{"rendered":"
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ONLY WHAT’S DONE FOR CHRIST WILL LAST<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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On the Wednesday of Passion Week, Jesus and His disciples took a day of rest a short distance from Jerusalem in a town called Bethany. While eating a meal at Simon the leper’s house, a woman anointed Jesus’ head with an expensive perfume worth a year’s wages. This was an incredible gift, so costly that Judas Iscariot was offended by its extravagance. Yet, Jesus rebuked Judas and commended the woman for her gift. Her deed has been remembered to this day, just as Jesus predicted.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This reminds me of a line from a poem by C. T. Studd:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“Only one life, \u2019twill soon be past,<\/span><\/div>\n
Only what\u2019s done for Christ will last.”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ONLY WHAT’S DONE FOR CHRIST WILL LAST
\nOn the Wednesday of Passion Week, Jesus and His disciples took a day of rest a short distance from Jerusalem in a town called Bethany. While eating a meal at Simon the leper’s house, a woman anointed Jesus’ head with an expensive perfume worth a year’s wages. This was an incredible gift, so costly that Judas Iscariot was offended by its extravagance. Yet, Jesus rebuked Judas and commended the woman for her gift. Her deed has been remembered to this day, just as Jesus predicted.<\/p>\n

This reminds me of a line from a poem by C. T. Studd:
\n “Only one life, \u2019twill soon be past,
\n Only what\u2019s done for Christ will last.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1308],"scripture-chapter":[1347],"oyb_day":[1594],"location":[],"class_list":["post-6537","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-mark","scripture-chapter-1347","oyb_day-march-8"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/6537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6537"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=6537"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=6537"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=6537"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=6537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}