I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 26th of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of John 12:3:

”Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard (thats perfume) anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.”

We’re talking about Mary, who was the sister of Lazarus and Martha.

Today is Boxing Day. Some people call it the Day of Goodwill. It is that day of being grateful for the birth of our beloved Saviour and friend, the Lord Jesus Christ. It’s the day that we go the extra mile for Jesus. Mary took a very precious investment that she had. According to my Bible, the equivalent in value of a pound of this expensive perfume equals a full year's wages for a worker. Think about how much money you bring home every month, times it by twelve and that is how much it was worth. She poured the whole container over Jesus feet and then she wiped His feet with her hair. That is love. Undiluted love, holding back nothing!

Now, I can hear somebody saying, ”But I would love to do that for Jesus as well but He’s not here now.” Well, if we go to Matthew 25:40 , Jesus said: “

Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.”

So yes, we can do it. We can find someone that we love dearly, we can find someone who has nothing, someone who is lonely, and we can give them something which is very precious to us, and that is the equivalent of doing it for the Lord.

So this day let us go out and let us find somebody who is very lonely, somebody who is very poor in spirit, not necessarily financially, and give them something which will touch their hearts deeply, and Jesus will be very happy with us. Today is the Day of Goodwill, let us share the goodwill of Christ wherever we go!

God bless you and have a wonderful day. 
Goodbye.