"All around
Hope is springing up from this old ground
Out of chaos life is being found in You
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us"
You Make Beautiful Things by Gungor
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Last night I was reading a story about a woman who was miraculously healed of breast cancer. I admired her courage in sharing her story. Not only of her cancer and healing, but of her other life experiences in the years before, which were eerily similar to my own. She shared how God's grace and love had not only healed her deepest wounds and removed the associated shame, but also transformed her. Once afraid to trust her heart to anyone, including God, she is now happily married and ministers to other women about God's power to heal—body, soul and spirit.
As I began to reflect on my own life and all the things I've overcome (which I'm on the brink of sharing, not just there yet), the fact that I'm still here and not crazy (depending on who you ask) is all the evidence I need that God's grace is truly all over me.
And the fact that He could—and would—take someone like me and transform her into a vessel for His purpose is evidence of His abundant love. But that is what God does. He did it for Joseph, a Hebrew slave; for Moses, a murderer; for Rahab, a prostitute; for Ruth, an impoverished outsider; for David, a mere shepherd boy; for Peter, an overly-emotional fisherman; for Mary, a woman possessed by demons; for Paul, a persecutor of His church; and so very many more.
Out of the dust of the earth, God creates vessels of honor and beauty. It was so from the beginning and He is still doing it today.
"And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." - Genesis 2:7
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