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Blogs > pinkypurple > lady in waiting


pinkypurple 42F
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3/26/2008 4:08 pm
The secret of the Alabaster box

In the days when Jesus was on earth, when a young woman reached the age of availabilty for marriage, her family would purchase an alabaster box for her and fill it with precious ointment. The size of the box and value of the ointment would parallel her family's wealth. This alabaster box would be part of her dowry. When a young man came and asked for her hand in marriage she would respond by breaking her alabaster box at his feet. This gesture of anointing his feet showed him honor. Luke 7 talks about 'the woman of the city' breaking such a box and annointing the head of jesus. This woman found jesus worthy of such sacrifice and honor. This gesture had such meaning, for not only did she annoint his body for the burial, she also gave her all to the heavenly bridegroom. Yes she was a sinner, but this sinner had dreams and wisely broke her alabaster box in the presense of the holy one who can make a womans dreams come true.

What is in your alabaster box? Is your box full of fantasies that begun as a little girl while you listened to and watched fairy tales of princes and princesses living 'happily ever after' Have you been holding on tightly to your box of dreams, frantically searching for a man worthy of breaking your box? Take your alabaster box and break it in Gods presence, for he is worthy of such honour. Having respondeed to your heavenly bridegroom in such a manner, you can wait with confidant assurance that, if it be Gods will, He will provide you with an earthly bridegroom.
God Bless
Come on ladies recklessly abandone your lives for Jesus! For he is worthy of honour!
What we do in life echos in eternity
Seasons_of_Life3 61F
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3/27/2008 2:40 am

 This is the most INTIMATELY beautiful post I have ever read... for the woman who did this is my favorite beloved character in the bible.... Thank you for sharing this... as it is how my heart feels also.... Bless you....
Tenderly... Blanche