If you’ve read our Beauty for Ashes series, you know how God transforms our pain into our greatest blessings. Certainly, not all pain becomes a blessing, but as Romans 8:28 says, “God works all things together for the good of those who love Him and who are called according to His purpose.”
The promise of Jesus’ birth brought hope for healing and restoration for hearts that had been broken, and spirits who were dejected. We can’t ever lose sight of just how important our emotions are to God. He sees us. He sees all of us. The anecdote to all our pain and all our hurt is always Jesus.
Let’s thank God for the joy that comes from mourning and often in the morning.
isaiah 61:1-4
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn,
To console those who mourn in Zion,
To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”