Letters to Cassia - A Tribute to Spiritual Friendship & Meaning of the Cassia Flower

The Cassia Flower – Fragrance, Beauty, and Biblical Meaning

What’s the deeper story behind the Cassia flower? What sacred meaning has it carried across time and Scripture?

Cassia, from the Hebrew word qiddah, is one of the consecrated spices God commanded Moses to include in the sacred anointing oil (Exodus 30:22–25).

This fragrant oil wasn’t ordinary—it was reserved to sanctify priests and kings, setting them apart for divine purposes. Wherever it was poured, the space became holy. And Cassia was part of that holy fragrance.

The Cassia plant is a close botanical relative of cinnamon, yet its essence is more subtle, less fiery, more grounding.

Where cinnamon awakens, Cassia soothes. Its warm, deep scent was known to fill the sacred spaces of the Tabernacle, lingering in the air like a quiet blessing.

Why I Chose "Cassia" for My Letters to Friends

Cassia comes from the biblical spice mentioned in Psalm 45:8:

"All your robes are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia..."

It was part of the holy anointing oil (Exodus 30:24), used to consecrate kings and priests—symbolizing set-apartness, healing, and sacred purpose.

I created Cassia as a woman who walks through life like incense—her words linger, her actions bless, and though she sometimes doubts her worth, she carries the fragrance of God's calling. The letter could be from someone older, wiser, reminding her:

“You may not see it, Cassia, but when you enter a room, hearts calm. You carry the scent of something sacred—not because you strive, but because you belong. The Lord has anointed you, not with earthly perfumes, but with the oil of joy and the spice of purpose.”

The Meaning of the Cassia Flower

Throughout Scripture and tradition, the Cassia flower has come to represent more than just a sacred spice. It symbolizes:

• 🌼Consecration – A life set apart for God’s purpose

• 🌼Healing and warmth – A gentle spirit that brings peace

• 🌼Hidden beauty – A soul whose depth is revealed over time

• 🌼Set-apartness – A quiet distinction that reflects divine calling

  
  

To carry the scent of Cassia is to carry the anointing of holiness—not through striving, but through surrender. It reminds us that sacredness often hides in simplicity, and that true beauty is marked by obedience and intimacy with God.

Cassia invites us to walk with grace, to heal with presence, and to live as those who have been set apart for something eternal.

Who is Cassia today? Spiritual Friendship

She’s not always seen. But when she is, you remember her.

💛 Cassia is every woman who:

🏵 loves without conditions,

🏵 prays in the silence between words,

🏵 offers presence instead of answers,

🏵 feels deeply and walks gently,

🏵 carries beauty that isn’t loud, but true.

🏵 Cassia is not perfect. But she’s true.

🏵 Her soul smells like trust, grace, quiet hope.

💛 Maybe you know a Cassia. Maybe you are her.

Why am I writing to Cassia?

Because I carry real women in my heart.

Friends who showed up when life felt heavy.

Souls whose kindness was a balm, whose strength made space for my own.

But I’m also writing to something deeper—the sacred part of womanhood we all carry, no matter how buried it might feel.

These letters are for you - Cassia - a girl, a woman whose name fragrant with meaning.

To remind you who you are when the world forgets.

To water the roots of your quiet fire.

And so it begins…

This space - Letters to Cassia - will grow with time.

Stories, reflections, soul-whispers shared with the Cassias I’ve met, loved, and maybe still will.

If you ever read a letter and feel seen,

if something stirs and says, that’s me—

Then you’re already home.

Yellow Blooms & Spiritual Friendship - A Love Letter to the Soul

Introductory Letter to Cassia

💛 To Cassia,

The one who doesn’t yet know how deeply she is loved,

You are more than what the mirror shows.

You are not your titles, your past, or your silence in moments you wished you’d spoken.

You are the fragrance of something holy—Cassia, the spice in the sacred oil, the mark of those chosen for something eternal.

I write to you not because you’ve arrived, but because you’ve started walking.

And with every step, the dust of the world fades a little more, and the aroma of Heaven clings to you.

You are not ordinary.

Even in your mess, your doubts, your quiet tears—you are being prepared.

These letters will find you on mountain tops and in valleys, in hidden corners of your heart where no one else dares to look. But God sees. And He speaks.

Let each word remind you:

You are anointed, called by name, and never forgotten.

With a whisper of grace,

—BE. 💛

Cassia - A Name Fragrant With Meaning

Blessing for the Cassias in My Life

May your soul always know its fragrance -

gentle, enduring, unseen yet unforgettable.

May your heart bloom like the cassia flower,

graceful in quiet strength and golden joy.

May your friendships be sacred letters,

whispered between heaven and earth,

reminding you that you are cherished, chosen,

and never forgotten in God’s garden of love.

Wishing you a blessed day and beautiful words to share.

Whether you see yourself in Cassia’s quiet strength or Serena’s searching heart, there’s more waiting for you. Step into the next letter in the series and discover the whispers of grace written just for you.

Explore the Letters Series →

Letters to Serena – Part 1: To Be or Not to Be – Finding Your True Self in Faith

There is also Part 2 and Part 3 in the category BE.