Beauty for Ashes

Whew this few months is a heck of a roller coaster ride! There are days when I just want to jump ship from life or be like Jonah and escape to the whale's mouth for a break! My love life has been at its worst and I do not really know how to go on from here. I am at the point when I am so pushed to the wall, hitting rock bottom and bruised all over my emotions that I am down to nothing but to completely and utterly surrender to the Lord's mercy. 

I just implore God's will for my life fully trusting that He will bring beauty for all the ashes I've been through, raising me up from the bottomless pit I've gotten myself into and let all these things pass. When I was waiting for the bar examination results I just prayed hard and held onto this promising biblical verse in Jeremiah 29:11: "For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope a future." As a testimony, God really went through making me a lawyer and prospered me in my career. I continually reap the fruits of this wonderful blessing from the Lord. Now that I really do not know how to get out of this emotional situation I am in, I just want to hold on to that verse again and really make it as my life verse. 

I really do not know what my future holds but I just trust and claim that God will carry me through and redeem everything. Like Job, I am clinging to the Lord's promise that what has been taken away will be replaced with so much better - a thousand fold of blessings will multiply for every hurt, pain and tear shed. 

I like this message I read from somewhere:

Trust in God's timing,

Rely on His promises, 

Wait for His answers, 

Believe in His miracles.

There will be beauty for ashes, indeed.

The blog title for this post is inspired by Joel Osteen.