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...thou gavest me no water for my feet...thou gavest me no kiss... my head with oil thou didst not anoint... Luke:7:44-46 [44] And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. [45] Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. [46] My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
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Simon had the Lord in his home and yet he gave Him no personal attention—not even the common courtesies of the day. He missed a wonderful opportunity because his heart was not in the right condition. This is too often the case when we meet to remember and worship the Lord. He is there in our midst as He promised and yet sometimes we have nothing to say to Him, not even “Thank you Lord for saving my soul.” May we see Him with the eye of faith, remember how He has forgiven us, and at what cost, and lavish all our loving attention upon Him in songs and prayers of worship. —Carl Knott

If now, with eyes defiled and dim, we see the signs, but see not Him; O may His love the scales displace, and bid us see Him face to face!

—Charles H. Spurgeon