beautiful things

I am increasingly convinced... trusting more each day...
God's magnificent power to take the hideous... ugly... most horrific mess... and redeem it into something beautiful... breathtaking... glorious...

Just look at the cross... hideous....
Innocence... flogged... beaten... crucified...

Sovereign in ALL things... allowing only what suits His purpose... opportunities to reveal His glory and redeeming power...

For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

Colossians 1:19-20

(emphasis mine)

God takes the broken -- our contribution to creation -- and makes it beautiful...

All we have to do is invite Him into the mess... into the brokenness... into our hearts...



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What mess do you need to invite Jesus into?

Where do you need beauty restored?