Melted Mountain

Why Melted Mountain of all names? Where did this all start?

I was on a phone call with my brother Nathan, talking about a previous venture in 2023/2024 (that may come back), when the idea of making candles came up, and he immediately supported it. It reminded me of my childhood, when I would go to my grandparents' house and make candles with my grandma.

Interestingly enough, the first girl I ever liked was in kindergarten, and it was then that I made a candle and gave it to her. I was quite socially awkward, always overthinking, and had been for a long time after that. But I remember pushing through to give her that candle. Nothing came from it; it was kindergarten, but it made me realize much later that even if I have to go beyond my comfort zone to show that I love someone else, I’ll allow myself to look the fool.

For many years of my life, you could say that my heart hardened to this kind of thinking. Instead of reaching out to others in love, I decided it would be better not to, to avoid being hurt by the potential result.

The Heart of Wax

The scripture Psalm 97:5 says this: "The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth."

This verse is more than just a few words to describe the presence of God to me. It is the story of my life and my heart being the very mountain that melted to bring me back to that earlier child-like faith that I once had. The scripture also emphasizes the grandiosity of God, which I needed to cause my heart to melt and be renewed. It was a fear I had of the Lord. The consideration of how grand everything He created is, who He is as the Creator, and the fact that He is still intentionally close to you and me.

Each candle is a reminder of the goodness of God and His overwhelming presence that can tear down even the hardest of hearts that seem like they might not ever change. It is a reminder that each of us has a story and that story is not unknown to God, and that He has walked every step of that story with us, many times offering help even as we rejected Him. This ministry is more than a small candle company; it is more than a venture to support missions and causes; it is a sharing of my life and story with others, a story that many of us might relate to.

A story that is poured out from me to you in each batch.