They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, implying there is no real beauty except for that which we, as individuals, claim as beauty within the imaginations of our hearts and minds. Therefore, any and every parent sees their children as most precious and beautiful despite how ugly, annoying and disappointing their children may actually be. Likewise, a spouse is always endeared to be beautiful to the one he or she is married. A tolerably subjective claim to satisfy the inner self. But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. – Mark 14:6 On this day, depending on who you ask, Jesus received something incredibly beautiful from somebody considered by society to be utterly repulsive; or he performed an undignified act of humility, beautifully catching the hearts of his followers. Certainly, if we love Jesus, his incredible act of sacrifice on a cross is beautiful without comparison in our hearts that can never be replaced or discounted. It is special, momentous and outrageously beautiful. But I want to follow the story of the woman who was found beautiful in the eyes of Jesus. Her actions begs us why we fail to do beautiful things for God. She scrapped to purchase an expensive perfume to pour out on sand crusted feet. She then continued to clean the dirt and other grime on Jesus’ feet with her hair. I know you would like to believe Jesus to be clean and immaculate because to imagine God any other way would be sacrilege, but Jesus was man and God here on Earth and so it meant he sweat, bled and got dirty feet after walking around in the Middle East. As a result, when a woman was taking her most prized possessions: perfume and hair, then uses it to clean the dirtiest part of the human body, the act is magnificently beautiful. Let me ask you a question: what is the most beautiful thing anybody has ever done for or to you? Do you remember the emotions you felt in receiving that beautiful thing? Do you remember the words you uttered in response? Take some time and think about it, why was it so beautiful? Do you remind them of the beauty? Let me ask you another question: What was the most beautiful thing you did or bestowed in another person? Who considered it beautiful? How did you feel at their response? What compelled you to do something worthy of being deemed beautiful? Have you done something like this often? Better yet, have you done something beautiful lately? Today I want to encourage all of you to do something beautiful for somebody. I want to challenge you to remind somebody of the beauty they bestowed upon you. As we close out Holy Week, take the time now to renew your hearts, minds and actions to be beautiful in the eyes of our beholder, Christ. We are wonderfully and beautifully made, let’s be wonderfully beautiful.