Beauty from ashes
April 8, 2022
Our culture, our nation likes easy, not hard, quick gain, not slow, an easy path, not rocky and uphill. Life does not offer us that.
I listened as a friend described her life as a youngster who could hardly hear. Crisis at birth and infection removed most of that ability. Hard growing up, for sure. Deafness was not accommodated. Yet what blessings this friend listed. A great love of reading, insatiable desire, in fact. This friend was sheltered from music much of which would have been a detrimental influence. This friend has taught deaf children with understanding and compassion, earned degrees, worked as a librarian helping others. She is a blessing to many.
So my friend, God creates beauty from ashes. He can take any circumstance and bring from it something good.