2026

Christian Blog By Keilani Mayo

Are you called or are you commissioned? Discern the season.  This has been a word that has been brewing inside of me. I believe the past few months the Lord has been impressing this phrase onto me. In my conversations with people, to my own quiet study time, I’m discerning the difference between called versus […]

2026, My Alabaster Box

April 29, 2026

called vs. commissioned

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A powerful reflection on seasons of transition, this post explores how God uses divine interruptions to prepare His people before they step into promised breakthroughs, drawing from Joshua 5 and the Abrahamic covenant.

2026, My Alabaster Box

April 10, 2026

Divine Interruption | Spring 2026

Joshua 5: The Pause Before the Promise

Why do I have to live? Not for myself alone, but so that my breath becomes an answer to someone else’s prayer. I live because God has written purpose into my days, even when I don’t yet understand the ink. I write because I was created to steward words, to guard the Gospel, and to honor the sacred craft of writing in a world that rushes to replace devotion with automation. What flows from me is not manufactured—it is given. And I will not surrender what only the Lord can place in human hands.

2026, My Alabaster Box, Word of the Lord

January 6, 2026

why do i have to live?

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