This is something I’ve noticed for a long time—
not just the pattern itself,
but what happens when someone recognizes it before anyone else does.
Recognition before it is explained....
🔹 Something Repeated Again
As I stayed with this longer, another detail kept returning.
Not just that the woman comes to His feet—
but what she does there.
She brings something with her.
Oil.
Perfume.
Something costly.
🔹 The Act Itself
In each account, the moment is strikingly similar.
“Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard…
and anointed the feet of Jesus;
and the house was filled with the fragrance.” (John 12:3)
And again:
“She began to wash His feet with her tears…
and anointed them with the fragrant oil.” (Luke 7:38)
Different moments.
Same action.
🔹 Before Anyone Else Understands
What stood out to me is not just the act—
but when it happens.
It happens before:
- His death
- the full understanding of what is coming
- the others recognizing the moment
And yet—
she responds as if she already knows.
🔹 Recognition First
This is the same pattern again.
Not explanation first.
Recognition first.
Others question:
- Why this?
- Why now?
- Why something so costly?
But she doesn’t question.
She acts.
🔹 Something Costly
And what she brings isn’t small.
It is costly.
Which made me notice something else:
Recognition isn’t passive.
It responds.
It moves.
It gives.
It pours out.
🔹 Filling the Space
There is another detail that’s easy to miss—
but repeats in a very specific way:
“The house was filled with the fragrance.” (John 12:3)
What was hidden
is now everywhere.
Something internal
becomes visible.
🔹 The Same Pattern
When I step back, the structure is the same:
Recognition
↓
Response
↓
Something poured out
↓
Something fills the space
🔹 Not Forced, But Known
What stands out most to me is this:
There is no indication
that she was instructed.
She does not wait.
She responds
as if she already understands something deeper.
🔹 The Pattern Deepens
In the first part of the series,
we saw:
- the one who sees
Now we see:
- what that recognition does
It doesn’t stay internal.
It pours out.
🔹 And It Connects
This is where it began to connect for me across all the accounts.
Not just one woman.
Not just one moment.
But one repeated role:
the one who recognizes
and responds
before everything is explained
Recognition does not always wait for understanding—
sometimes it appears as response first.
~ Peace, Love. and Joy ~
Series 1: Pattern - Start Here
Series 2: Pattern Within a Pattern
- Place of Recognition
- The Anointing
- Hair and Glory
- The Two Women
- The Hidden One Who Sees
- The Bride as Reality
