One of my favorite things about God is how creates something out of nothing. Or something alive out of something entirely lifeless.
Blossoms from infertile soil.
Man from dirt.
What in your life do you sense is beyond repair?
Is it your marriage? A broken relationship? A friendship that left you burned?
A wound that’s just too deep? A loss that’s too great? Your ugly past? Your mistakes? Your own self? Your struggles, all the baggage that’s too heavy to ever drop in the dust and really leave behind?
Forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past.
See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland.
(Isaiah 43:17-19)
Today, I pray that we could leave that heavy baggage in the hands of our Savior, whose burden is light.
Sweep the ashes right to His feet.
Surrender the wasteland of our dried up lives, let it go to God, that He could pour out Himself, the spring of the Water of Life, onto the thirsty land. Turn and till it into fertile soil. Slowly, new life begins to grow. Soon, it blossoms. Thrives, even, in the light of the Son.
You must allow Him to do it. You must give up the past, the grudge, the anger, the resentment, the struggle, the hurt;
the thing that is death to your spirit, giving Him full permission to bring it to Life again. Make it lovely. Make it new.
Let’s let go and let Jesus. Together, ok?
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Lauren, such a beautiful passage to start my Sunday. A passage filled with promise if only we can leave the ashes of our baggage at His feet! These verses brought me so much comfort when my SIL fought her battle with ALS, and now as my BIL slowly slips away through the curtains of dementia. To know that something better is waiting for our loved ones and for us is a daily comfort! Thanks for sharing today!
Oh Sherrey, that’s where the rubber meets the road, right? Those are some serious battles… my husband’s grandfather has slipped into deeper dementia over the past few years, & it is heartbreaking, especially because he was (IS!) an incredible man of God that gave his entire life to ministry. Glad the verse spoke to your heart today… You’ve challenged me! praying for a blessed week for you, friend :)
I love that picture almost as much as I love your words about surrendering all to Christ! What an encouragement :) Thank you for sharing these thoughts!
Thank you, Veronica! You’re so sweet :) Pray His words will stick with you all week. blessings! lauren
So beautiful. I want Him to take those things that are dead to my spirit and breathe His live into them.
Me too, Barbie. It’s not something we can do… except for that surrendering part. His life, His breath. Remarkable that He WANTS to do that! thanks for visiting :)
It is so nice to meet you, friend. Visiting from The Sunday Community. Grateful for the beautiful here, the beauty and the Truth,, all such lovely encouragement. Bless your Sunday. Thanks for this wonderful Sunday gift.
Elizabeth: Treasure your visit! Thank you for stopping in & your sweet comment. blessings on your week :) -l
“Wilderness will rejoice…” The more we experience this in our lives the more precious our relationship with HIm becomes. Soft diffused light within this image soothes just as the words do.
I didn’t think of this when I wrote but your comment made me think of Jesus in the wilderness… and how the Word of God meant LIFE, strength, food for Jesus in temptation; and what Satan intended for evil, God used for good.
Yes! All he had to do is say “Let it be.” And from his words the whole universe was created. :) Thank you for posting.
Incredible! thanks for visiting, Leslie :)
I was just thinking about this today as I read a post from The Simple Mom written to her teenage self. I thought about how broken and misguided I was as a teen and young adult. I was so hard on myself for so long, and I would have been so much better off to let go and let Him.
Thanks for the reminder, though, as I am always in need of grace and repair!
Kim, I so relate to being hard on myself. I’ll have to check out the post from Simple Mom, it sounds great, love her :) Thanks for stopping by :)
There have been times when things in my life seemed to be beyond repair… But GOD! With our Lord nothing is impossible! His restoration, His healing, His hope has no limitations. Beautiful post. :)
I love that, Danise! …. dot dot dot, “But GOD!” exactly. Nothing is impossible. Thanks for encouraging us :)