“Time spent with cats is never wasted.” Sigmund Freud

^“Now while Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table. But when the disciples saw it, they were angry and said, “Why this waste? For this ointment could have been sold for a large sum, and the money given to the poor.” But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? She has performed a good service for me. For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me. By pouring this ointment on my body she has prepared me for burial. Truly I tell you, wherever this good news is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in remembrance of her.” Matthew 26:6-13

Cats show love in specific ways. They might “knead” some part of your body, or the blanket next to you. They might groom your face or hand. Or your cat might snuggle right next to you for a nap. When Hank Hill, of the cartoon “King of the Hill” fame went to anger therapy classes, he was taught to pretend to pet a cat if he felt his anger beginning to well up inside him.  What do you do to show your love to your family, friends and partner? How do you express that love? The woman who anoints Jesus’ head with the costly oil does it out of love for him. We don’t know the relationship between Jesus and the woman. Perhaps she had received a healing from Jesus – or perhaps she heard him speak somewhere and his words had a profound impact on her. No matter, to pour costly ointment on the head of someone was to show them great respect. What would you do for, or give to Jesus if he walked into your house today? What might you do, or say to him to show your greatest respect? Would you ask for a “selfie” with him? Perhaps you would ask for his autograph and then try to sell it on “Ebay”.  Or perhaps we might do what they did on his triumphal entrance into Jerusalem – line the streets as his limo approaches the White House for an audience with the President – or Vatican Square as he comes to see the Pope.

Sigmund Freud may have said that time with cats is never wasted. I would say the same thing about Jesus.

Pastor Dave