Fanatic!

She wasn't on the guest list, she wasn't sanctioned by the religious elites, she was shunned by most - she was out of her element, out of her comfort zone, unwelcomed by the host but, nonetheless, she broke open the jar of perfume and poured it on the Messiah (cf Mark 14:3-9).  

She was not a fan, she was a fanatic!  Jesus said that her audacious behavior would be talked about wherever the Gospel is preached. The talk started that day - Jesus blessing her action, while "decent folk" blasted it. 

Funny how often decent religious folk and Jesus are at odds. We want things tame but He wants passions unleashed. We want things to be reasonable but he wants us love when reason says run. We want to err on the side of caution while He wants us to risk serving in dangerous places and among dangerous or dirty looking people. 

He wants us, like that woman, to "do what we can" not do what little we can without taking the risk of bursting our comfort zone. He calls us, in love, to do what we would not do, go where we would not go, say what we would not say.

Have I said too much?  Do you think I'm being a bit over-the-top or fanatical?  Dear Lord, I hope so!  Jus' Say'n.