Something Beautiful.

A friend of mine lost her sister earlier this summer. Not only was she her sister, but her best friend. My friend was torn between the happiness of  her sister being in a better place and the sadness of losing a significant person in her life. Her family had been experiencing some problems before the death of her sister and this tragedy was the icing on the cake. OR like they say "When it rains, it pours." Anyway, my friend didn't know where/who else to turn to but God. I texted her last week to see how she was holding up and I didn't expect the answer she gave me. Her family was growing closer and relationships were beginning to mend. They were even going to church together! 


How many times to we look at certain situations and think there is no way out? How was my friend to know that the death of her sister would lead to the healing of her family? What if she had given up on God? So many times we look at situations and don't realized that we only see a small stroke of the painting. A cake doesn't only contain sweet ingredients; there's also the baking powder and baking soda, but in the end, we have the delicious cake. Isaiah 55:8-9 says, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,”declares the Lord.
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts."


God is sooooo amazing! He knows what He's doing. He takes the ugly situations and turns them into something beautiful, something that brings Him glory.


Selah [pause and think]