Ashes For Beauty

At The Foot Of The Cross, where Grace And Suffering Meet. You Have Shown Me Your Love. Through the Judgment You received and You've Won My Heart, yes You've Won My Heart. Now I Cantrade These Ashes In For Beauty and Wear Forgiveness Like A Crown, coming To Kiss The Feet Of Mercy I Lay Every Burden Down at The Foot Of The Cross.  AS I WRITE THIS I WANT THIS TO BE MY REMINDER OF HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO PRAISE HIM.  TO ALWAYS KEEP THIS GARMENT ON.    Today as I hear that song it means so much to me.  When you are flat on the floor with your troubles coming up out of you and away from you as you are asking for Gods touch, something happens.  You become beautiful in Him.  I want to have Joy again.. I want to be happy.  I am learning the more I praise Him, the happier I become!  I have this new habit right now, I speak God's Gracious hands on everyone and everything around me.  I stopped asking for specific things.  I ask His Gracious hands my husband, our children, our finances, and myself.  I ask that of their schools, of our travels, of our extended families, I ask that of Him all day long.. I feel that I am letting His will be done and not mine by asking that.  I know the things we are going through is apart of his plan!  I can't wait to be in the moment of "awe", when we understand some things, but for now I stand excited and not worrying about tomorrow.

Matthew 6:34  Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

The Devil wants to turn your thoughts to ashes.  So you turn negative.  He wants to bring you sorrow.  The word of God will come to you and you will see things differently.  HE WILL TURN THOSE ASHES INTO BEAUTY!  I feel I was getting so negative, because of all of the ash we have became.  The word of God is my best friend these days.  I am loving the studies, that I have had to do through this past year.  I say had, because I know I will never be good at handling things in life without it.  If there is a cheat sheet I want it, and that is what His word has been to me!
People don't really like to clean out their fireplace, because the ash get all over you and they are yucky.  GET RID OF THEM!  I don't want them on me.  I want to be someone someday.. If I am covered in ash and doing nothing about them myself, no one is going to come clean me off.Heaviness means to dim the light.  He wants to darken your light with God.  YOU HAVE TO PUT THE GARMENT OF PRAISE ON!You are going to have to TAKE the garment and put it on yourself!  He is not going to put it on you.  YOU have to!!  I did pray over this past year for God to bring me Joy.  When I think about it I want to slap myself.  First of all, we have to realize we NEED Jesus.   Happiness depends on HAPPENINGS, but joy depends on JESUS.Some times we don't realize who has our back. Adore Him because He is Christ the Lord and He will make us triumphant! Isaiah 9:6-7 We have to realize we need Jesus! Matthew 9:12-13 Praise and worship is a COMMAND!  FEAR NOT  Pray and worship Him.  Today I thank Him for the freedom of worship!