Still Small Voice

Holy Oil

June 22, 2025

Let me anoint you with the oil of gladness. Your heart is tender and sometimes raw from the suffering. Let me soothe you with my love and comfort. Let me mend your broken and weary heart. You need rest, dear one, rest from all your worries and anxieties. You need rest from all your doings. All I ask is that you come to me. Lay your burdens at my feet. Let me heal you; restore you. Let me in. Once I’m in, all things must bow before me. There will be no room for anything else. Surrender to my love and allow my holy presence to consume all your hurting places. Let my oil gush over you and lighten your heart. I want you to leap for joy at the wonders I will reveal to you—the beauty you will hold when you release all the ashes. It is time to release all your pain to me. I will heal you. I will consume all the dross with my holy fire. You are set apart and anointed to carry my Holy Spirit with joy and faith. Everything I have for you is available once you release what I have not given you.

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of joy above Your companions. —Psalm 45:7, NASB

To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the LORD has planted for his own glory. —Isaiah 61:3, NLT

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. —1 Peter 2:9, NKJV

Déjame ungirte con el óleo de la alegría. Tu corazón está tierno y a veces enconado por el sufrimiento. Déjame consolarte con mi amor y consuelo. Déjame sanar tu corazón roto y cansado. Necesitas descanso, querido, descanso de todas tus preocupaciones y ansiedades. Necesitas descanso de todas tus acciones. Solo te pido que vengas a mí. Deja tus cargas a mis pies. Déjame sanarte; restaurarte. Déjame entrar. Una vez que esté dentro, todo debe inclinarse ante mí. No habrá espacio para nada más. Entrégate a mi amor y permite que mi santa presencia consuma todo tu dolor. Deja que mi óleo te inunde y alivie tu corazón. Quiero que saltes de alegría ante las maravillas que te revelaré: la belleza que albergarás cuando liberes todas las cenizas. Es hora de entregarme todo tu dolor. Te sanaré. Consumiré toda la escoria con mi fuego sagrado. Estás apartado y ungido para llevar mi Espíritu Santo con alegría y fe. Todo lo que tengo para ti está disponible una vez que me entregues lo que no te he dado.

Has amado la justicia y aborrecido la maldad; por eso Dios, tu Dios, te ha ungido con óleo de alegría más que a tus compañeros. —Salmo 45:7 (NVI)

A todos los que lloran en Israel, él les dará una corona de hermosura en lugar de ceniza, una bendición gozosa en lugar de luto, una alabanza festiva en lugar de desesperación. En su justicia, serán como grandes robles que el Señor ha plantado para su gloria. —Isaías 61:3 (NTV)

Pero ustedes son linaje escogido, real sacerdocio, nación santa, pueblo adquirido por Dios, para que anuncien las virtudes de aquel que los llamó de las tinieblas a su luz admirable. —1 Pedro 2:9 (NVI)

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Ibelisse Sánchez

Ibelisse Sánchez, known to most as Mimi, is a social worker, writer, and artist born in Brooklyn and shaped by her Christian faith and Puerto Rican heritage. Raised by her maternal grandparents David and Clara—an expressionist painter and a woman of deep hospitality—they modeled how to live a life of creativity and service. For fifteen years, she cared for them at home through Alzheimer’s and chronic illness, a season that profoundly deepened her faith in God and empathy for the suffering and those who care for them. She holds degrees from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, McCormick Theological Seminary, and the University of Chicago. After nearly a decade as a social worker facilitating incarcerated individual's reentry into society, she now helps people with disabilities gain greater mobility and independence in their communities. Through her words, art, and presence, Ibelisse seeks to share hope and reflect God’s love. She lives in Chicago with her husband, Merl, a musician and producer.

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You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of joy above Your companions. —Psalm 45:7, NASB

To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the LORD has planted for his own glory. —Isaiah 61:3, NLT

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. —1 Peter 2:9, NKJV

Has amado la justicia y aborrecido la maldad; por eso Dios, tu Dios, te ha ungido con óleo de alegría más que a tus compañeros. —Salmo 45:7 (NVI)

A todos los que lloran en Israel, él les dará una corona de hermosura en lugar de ceniza, una bendición gozosa en lugar de luto, una alabanza festiva en lugar de desesperación. En su justicia, serán como grandes robles que el Señor ha plantado para su gloria. —Isaías 61:3 (NTV)

Pero ustedes son linaje escogido, real sacerdocio, nación santa, pueblo adquirido por Dios, para que anuncien las virtudes de aquel que los llamó de las tinieblas a su luz admirable. —1 Pedro 2:9 (NVI)

Ibelisse Sánchez

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Holy Oil

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of joy above Your companions. —Psalm 45:7, NASB

To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the LORD has planted for his own glory. —Isaiah 61:3, NLT

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. —1 Peter 2:9, NKJV

Has amado la justicia y aborrecido la maldad; por eso Dios, tu Dios, te ha ungido con óleo de alegría más que a tus compañeros. —Salmo 45:7 (NVI)

A todos los que lloran en Israel, él les dará una corona de hermosura en lugar de ceniza, una bendición gozosa en lugar de luto, una alabanza festiva en lugar de desesperación. En su justicia, serán como grandes robles que el Señor ha plantado para su gloria. —Isaías 61:3 (NTV)

Pero ustedes son linaje escogido, real sacerdocio, nación santa, pueblo adquirido por Dios, para que anuncien las virtudes de aquel que los llamó de las tinieblas a su luz admirable. —1 Pedro 2:9 (NVI)

Ibelisse Sánchez

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