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Oseola McCarty

" WHAT THIS WOMAN HAS DONE WILL BE TOLD, AND PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER HER " MARK 14 : 9 (NCV)

The woman who anointed Jesus' feet wasn't looking for attention or trying to

impress anybody, she was just expressing her love for Him. But Jesus said, 'What this woman has done will be told and people will remember her.' Her act of love earned her a place in history.

Oseola McCarty lived in poverty in the Deep South of the USA. She left school early to care for a sick family member, taking in laundry for 50 cents a load. After paying her bills, she put the rest into savings. For years she lived a frugal life of quiet integrity, attending church, reading her Bible and praying every day.

When she was 86, she discovered to her amazement that she'd accumulated $250,000. The bank asked what she'd like to do with it. She'd always lived simply and wasn't about to change. So what did she do?

Oseola McCarty decided that others should have what she had gone without - an education. In 1995, she donated $150,000 to the University of Southern Mississippi, without asking that a single brick be named in her honour. When word got out, she received numerous honours, including a Presidential Citizenship Award from the White House and an honorary doctorate from Harvard. She travelled the country being honoured by people who wanted to meet a modern-day saint.

What will history say about you? Greatness isn't measured by birth, wealth or fame. You've already got what you need to be great in God's eyes! But you must be willing to invest into something bigger than yourself!

-Bob Gass