Broken Alabaster Box

Renita M. Hoof - evangelist, wife, mother, leader - has been through life obstacles that would have felled many others. She overcame with the one thing to which she holds fast ... her love for Christ, who loved her when she didn't love herself. Renita has been a licensed evangelist for more than 15 years. She also attended Global Impact Ministries and Bible College and graduated with a minister's and elder's license. She is a committed member of her local church, where she is entrusted to lead and work beside some of the greatest women in the world. Professionally, she has worked for more than 25 years in a hospital setting, taking care of others. She also served in the United States Army as an operating room surgical technologist. A resident of Little Rock, AR, she is currently a director for the largest hospital in her city. She enjoys the support of a loving husband and two wonderful biological children, as well as two amazing sons gained through marriage. Renita has learned that the only true and lasting thing in this world is to be anchored in our sovereign, unchanging Father. Her hope is that those who read this book will be strengthened, empowered and healed.

The beautiful story of the woman with the alabaster box, found in the New Testament book of Luke, had a major impact on me. I once considered myself even lower than this woman, who had committed many sins... but whose desire to honor JESUS, in her own humble way, drove her to disregard not just the social protocol of the day but others' opinion of her. She honored JESUS by anointing His feet with expensive perfume contained in an alabaster box. We all have an alabaster box that we can present to the LORD ... our submitted selves, forged in praise and worship and, being assured of His forgiveness, completed in obedience. But I went through so much, and felt so debased, that I considered my box to be broken, its contents spilled and irretrievable. This book is from the heart of a woman who has been broken, abused, molested, raped, kidnapped, betrayed, neglected.... a woman who has committed many carnal sins ... but who still has enough bandwidth to believe GOD for the impossible. You will read of my tragedies as well as my triumph. I am so excited to share my life story with you!