“Of One Thing I Am Perfectly Sure:
God’s Story Never Ends with Ashes”
I’m looking at the Kaleidoscope on my desk. It’s handmade by a stained glass artist. I see the capsule of broken glass pieces facing me – colors of blue, green, purple, and red. Their sharpness takes me back. I remember the raw edges of pain, the shattering of my heart.
Perhaps you feel it now and you’re wondering what to do with all those broken pieces. In the moment, we want to turn back the clock, resist the reality we’re facing, or just scream from the pain we cannot define.
It might seem difficult to imagine any good coming after this. For the moment you might just need to survive.
But, I can tell you that God is faithful. He’s with you. He will be your friend that sticks closer than a brother. He is the God of compassion who will hold and comfort you. You will never be alone because God will never leave you or forsake you. You might have a hard time envisioning it now, but God works for your good, He turns beauty from ashes, makes the desert grow, and He will bring joy again. No word of God can be thwarted, and that includes His promises to you. In Him, we find our hope.
What can you do? Still your heart and know that He is God. Surrender, trust, and follow Him. He will lead you by streams of still waters and restore your soul. Yield to Him and he will make something good even out of your pain.
In time you will see a kaleidoscope of beauty, from all those broken pieces.
“May the LORD bless you and keep you;
may he make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
may the LORD turn his face toward you
and give you peace. ”
(Additional scripture references: Psalm 33:4, Proverbs 18:24, Psalm 116:5, Deut. 31:8, Romans 8:28, Isaiah 61:3, Isaiah 43:19, Job 42:2, 1 Tim. 4:10, Psalm 46:10, Psalm 62:8, Deut. 13:4, Psalm 23).