Beauty For Ashes

Christ promises to give us beauty for ashes. I'm holding tight to this promise. In the past year, I have seen my marriage fall apart before me. Later in the year, I sat in a hospital for a week only to see my best friend and "big brother" die. This year has been a year spent in the foundry. Its been a year where God has placed me in the fire for the dross to come to the top and be swept away. Its been a painful year. But I hold true to the fact that I have been promised beauty from these ashes.