It’s critical that we prepare ourselves well in advance for key events in our life. We don’t want any surprises along the way to frustrate our plans. In today’s passage, a woman prepared Jesus for the work He was about to accomplish on the cross. She didn’t know the full extent of what her act of worship was accomplishing, and the people around her experienced an unexpected twist in their evening. But Jesus had much more in mind and today, He wants to show us that His plans are often not our own.