The Beginnings
Hi friends! Welcome, welcome, welcome to this new little space. This is my new writing blog called Alabaster Thoughts where I will share my thoughts, poems, and reflections! It feels Spirit-led, a mission arising out of walks with the Lord in the garden, and I think it is a way he wants to bring new life to my heart.
For most of 2021, I took a break from social media in an effort to sort of refocus and realign my heart with the Lord’s. I love to write and allow words to flow through me. But I have found that sometimes, those words are just for me, and not anyone else. It can be tempting to share all of it, but I think sometimes, Jesus likes to work underneath the soil, in the hidden place. I was learning how to recognize when Jesus just wants to speak to just me and to know when and how that glory should be shared. I felt renewed, and it was out of this little break from media that the idea for this blog was born. I have been waiting for the right time and right way to make my way back into this space in a fruitful and glorifying way. Hence, here we are a couple of years later. I’ve began to share more of my writing again during this last year and a half, but have felt that I want to devote more of my heart and my time to actually cultivating a fruitful space where that writing can be shared. In all honesty, I was a bit afraid of starting this new blog, but Jesus has given me a gift and my heart really aches to share more of it. So here we are :)
The Mission
My hope is that Alabaster Thoughts will be a space where the thoughts, prayers, and musings of my heart may be broken open at the feet of Jesus, that others may know the fragrance of His intimate love and be moved by it. I’ve had this sense that Jesus is taking everything in our hearts—all of the aches, joys, sorrows, consolations, tears, and laughs—and storing them up in our own little alabaster jar. And I pray that one day you and I will be able to break these jars open upon the feet of Jesus, anointing Him with our lives. With elements both spiritual and human, I pray that the writing and thoughts will bring together our experiences of this life in a way that leads us to deeper glory and rootedness in the One who poured out all that we may have abundant life.
The Patron
Mary Magdalene has been a dear friend of mine since the summer of 2019 when she made her way into my life to remind me of God’s astounding mercy. She was the first saint friend I had—her dependence and need for mercy, helped me not be afraid of friendship with the saints. I am drawn to her radical devotion: the woman who breaks the alabaster jar on the feet of Jesus and pours out all upon him. A lavish act of love. A prodigal act of love. She teaches me how to love Him when I feel unworthy, when I feel afraid, when I do not know how to rest before Him. She is my dearest friend and so much of my hope for salvation comes from her intercession. And this is where it all connects: the idea of sharing my writing is a way of me breaking open the alabaster jar at his feet, a mission of love, a mission of vulnerability, a mission of prayer.