She has done a beautiful thing to me

Matthew 26:10-13 NIV
Aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me. When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”

I'm drawn to these verses because of the Lord's statement that she has done a beautiful thing to me. It's such a gentle, tender moment between her and Jesus. I imagine all His love for her pouring out just as she poured the oil over Him. It also shows the spirit of women and our substantial role in Jesus' life at such crucial moments like this one. It's a joy to peer in and view such a private-public moment. And I find it interesting that although her name was not mentioned, He says that this moment, "what she has done", would be told in memory of her. That He would take the time to commemorate this woman for all the world to know is touching, encouraging, validating, uplifting, and leaves no room for women who love the Lord to be pushed down, "don't bother her". She is doing this for me, for this key part of my ministry. To prepare Jesus- what a lofty thought! For if Jesus was not buried, it meant He did not die. And without His death we could not be dead to sin, in Christ. In this gospel we don't know who she is, where she came from, nor where she went after this. And so it leaves a blank space for every woman's heart to fill in her name, for her to do beautiful things for the Lord knowing that He is utterly in love and pleased with her.

I'm utterly in love with You too, Lord. Wherever I may have come from, what my past may be, mistakes I may make tomorrow, THIS MOMENT, may it be a beautiful thing done unto You.