Beautiful things out of ashes!

One of my favorite song verses! "You make beautiful things. You make beautiful things out of us!" It's my favorite because I have seen myself as the ashes. I have seen my life as ashes. I felt used, old, abused, abandoned, rejected, unloved, ugly, and a worthless girl. I have gotten to the bottom. I have hit the pavement. All happening because of my ungodly choices and evil treatment towards me by others. I've felt the pain. I've wished it would all stop. I begged and pleaded for all the pain to just end. For happiness to come to my life. Not knowing that God doesn't just want me to be happy but he wants me to be HOLY! Happiness and a peace come with being holy. I love that he wants to take my ashes and turn it into beauty. I love that he can take all the pain I have felt and suffered and offer it to someone to show a peace in my life that only with the Holy Spirit that I can have. It is an amazing feeling. Peace. Calmness. Joy. Goodness. Only God can offer you that. Not a man or a job or any other tangible thing. Christ came into my life and held me strong. He led me to Him even when I wasn't looking. He took MY ashes, drug me from the ground and lifted my face and pointed me towards Him. He made me new! My inspiring scripture today: Revelation 21:4-5: And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.” Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.”

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