{"id":262,"date":"2019-04-27T01:26:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-27T01:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bellaword.com\/?p=262"},"modified":"2022-12-08T22:43:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T22:43:27","slug":"beauty-for-ashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/?p=262","title":{"rendered":"Beauty for Ashes"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px||14px|||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”8px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ text_font_size=”15px” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”|-4px||||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]Anointing costs, but it can\u2019t be bought! For those who love the Lord and are called according to His purpose, God\u2019s sovereign hand prevails in all things. Tribulation positions us to seek Him in humility and partake of His comfort. By grace, we\u2019re enabled to minister that same comfort to others (2 Corinthians 1:1-4).<\/b><\/p>\n

Anointing costs, but it can\u2019t be bought! For those who love the Lord and are called according to His purpose, God\u2019s sovereign hand prevails in all things. Tribulation positions us to seek Him in humility and partake of His comfort. By grace, we\u2019re enabled to minister that same comfort to others (2 Corinthians 1:1-4).<\/i><\/h2>\n
Beauty for Ashes\n<\/span>My walls were down, I thought it safe \u2013\nA door you chose for me\nBut strange seed filled my healing cup\nSweet words sown wild and deep\nA soul undressed to match my own\nI drank and was laid bare\nA womb enlarged, false hope conceived\nAn unrequited love\nThe crippled sower then moved on\nI longed to kill the shame\u2026\nNow grateful for pure love unearned\nFor words of life not owed\nThey lift those humbled in reproach\nTo heights in you unknown\nDaughters of Zion don\u2019t abort\nThey cleave to hope unseen\nAnointing is the tear-sown fruit\nSo worth travail and pain.<\/pre>\n
\u201cInstead of your shame you will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace you will rejoice in their inheritance. And so you will inherit a double portion in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours.\u201d Isaiah 61:7<\/b><\/h2>\n

\n<\/strong><\/span>My Thoughts<\/span>
\nWe\u2019re blessed to be a blessing, but sometimes that blessing is released through brokenness. God\u2019s plan is meticulous, strategic, and filled with divine purpose. He loves us through hardship into victory, and nothing we go through is in vain. Glory to God!<\/p>\n
For further study
\n2 Corinthians 1:1-4
\nPsalm 34:5; 61:3-1; 116:1-2
\nPeter 5:10
\nJob 23:10[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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