Monday, November 12, 2007

Get Me Out of the Ashes

This week has touched my heart in so many ways. I think we all have a hard time seeing ourselves the way the bible says that God sees us, but as I studied day 2 and 3, I began to feel so special to God that I had to stop and thank Him for making me beautiful. And even as I write the word beautiful it is hard to believe that God would see me as beautiful. As I prayed I thought,” God, years ago you reached down into the ashes and pulled me out of the past of being a victim of hurt, anger and unforgiveness and you gave me a new hope in you and I am so thankful”, you really did make me beautiful.

I have received many insightful things from this week`s study and I pray that you have too. We have a hard time seeing God`s ability to do something with the circumstance we are in. I love the sidebar on pg. 129, “An unhappy woman needs a change of heart more than of circumstances”. Wow, that is good. I can remember saying to my husband, “Let`s move away from all of this”. He would always just hug me and remind me that we would just move the problem with us. He was more right then he imagined, because some of the problem was my thinking that life would never be the same again. I needed a change of heart and God took me right where I needed to be and He comforted me and provided for me. He took away my mourning and gave me gladness and He gave me a song of praise instead of despair just like He said He would.

I love the treasure on day 5, “Come and share your master`s happiness”, Matt. 25:21.

Isa. 61:1-3 “The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me….He has sent me…to comfort all who mourn and provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair”.

What a Savior we have,

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