“I will serve with gratitude, without a name or recognition.”

When evening came, Joseph of Arimathea,

a wealthy man and a disciple of Jesus,

went to the Roman governor Pilate and requested the body of Jesus.

Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

So, Joseph took the body of Jesus, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock,

 rolled a large stone in front of the entrance, and went away

(Matthew 27:57-60, Korean Modern Bible).

Two days before Passover, when Jesus was dining

at the house of Simon the leper in Bethany,

a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume,

pure nard worth more than 300 denarii, and poured it on Jesus' head.

Jesus said, "She has done a beautiful thing to me.

This woman has poured perfume on my body to prepare me for burial.

I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world,

what she has done will also be told in memory of her"

(Mark 14:3-9, Korean Modern Bible).

When thinking about Jesus' words, "this woman,"

who prepared Jesus' burial in advance, and Joseph of Arimathea,

who placed Jesus' body in a new tomb and sealed it with a large stone,

I remembered the lyrics of verse 3 of hymn “Call’d of God, We Honor the Call”:

" Honor, glory, power and praise, Lord, to You, You only are due!

Shame and scorn and cross You carried; Grant us grace to carry them too,

Without name or fame, but, oh, Lord, Joy and thanks, to serve before You

Without name or fame, but, oh, Lord, Joy and thanks, to serve be-fore You!

A-men."