Beauty From Ashes

I feel as though I left that last entry incomplete, but you see I had far more pressing matters to attend to. I won't go into detail about it, but it may or may not involve the television show "Gossip Girl" and my best DTS friend Rachel...

Anyways, allow me to explain what I meant by that cliffhanger ending.

Isaiah 61:1-3 has been a big theme in my life for quite some time now. Some of you know that I have Isaiah 61:3 tattooed on my wrist, and that's because "beauty from ashes" was a giant breakthrough I made the first year after I had Peyton/placed her for adoption.

One of my favorite metaphors to use is forest fires. It may not be entirely accurate, but allow me to explain to you what I do know. Or what I think I know... When the foliage burns down, it appears to be a desolate wasteland for quite sometime. But after awhile things start to grow back, and when they do it comes back more lush than ever before. More beautiful. This is how I viewed my life for quite some time. I felt like it was in the wasteland stage for a really long time but then slowly little bits of life began to poke through the ashes. I feel like my life is now in a more beautiful state than it has maybe ever been. That was my interpretation of  "beauty for ashes."

I feel like the Lord has placed a calling on my life to use the things I have been through to show people who feel hopeless that there is hope. To show people who feel brokenhearted and loveless that there is a way to feel whole again and to find a way back to their First Love. He has set me free, and it would be selfish of me to not share the way to that freedom with others.

I want to have His heart for those who need love, joy, hope, who feel like they have no meaning or purpose or direction.

So, now I feel like that is complete. I will let you take a break from my blog now.

Love you all, thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to read what I have to say and for supporting me with your thoughts and prayers :)