Poured it all out

The meaning behind the woman who pours out the entire bottle of expensive ointment upon Jesus has alluded me for thirty years.  I do not know what it means when Jesus said that this action of hers would be told as a memorial for her, wherever this gospel is preached.  Jesus even goes so far as to say, "Truly I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman has done, be told for a memorial of her." What is puzzling is that the actions of this woman are rarely told, let alone told everywhere in the whole world.  So what does this mean that this woman’s actions would be told for a memorial of her everywhere in the whole world wherever this gospel is preached? I would love to hear your answers. The only thing that I have been able to come up with is the fact that she poured all of her ointment out.  It is possible that this ointment represented her entire savings as some scholars have suggested. I do not have proof of this but if this was true, then her actions would be a part of the gospel that is so often left out today.  The part that I am speaking of, is the part of holding nothing back to a Savior who gave His all.  Yes it is true that if we call upon the name of the LORD, we shall be saved. But it is equally true that when we call, we cannot be holding anything back…he wants all of us…and for some of us, this may require a pouring out…and emptying of ourselves, so that He might be able to fill us to make us truly useable.

            The contrast in that house that day was remarkable---she poured out everything; Judas and the disciples wanted to hold on and keep back; she kissed his feet with tears in silent humility; the disciples murmured, speaking critically of her actions giving Jesus only grief;