Beauty for Ashes
Quote by Evans...
"I must realize that God's ways are not my ways, and that is especially true in dealing with ruined things. My first inclination, when confronted with ruin, is to say, "It's finished, it's done, that's all there is to it". But God never gives up on a ruin; in fact, He begins with ruins and works on them until He transforms them into things of beauty, "beauty for ashes" (Isaiah 61:3). Ruined things are my defeat, but to God they are opportunity.
When the earth was "without form, and void"...God sent his Spirit and His light to bring order out of chaos and beauty out of blackness. What He did physically for the original earth He does spiritually for people. It is a truth - there are not ruined people in God's category, only opportunities for God to display His creative power.....
-Evans
"I must realize that God's ways are not my ways, and that is especially true in dealing with ruined things. My first inclination, when confronted with ruin, is to say, "It's finished, it's done, that's all there is to it". But God never gives up on a ruin; in fact, He begins with ruins and works on them until He transforms them into things of beauty, "beauty for ashes" (Isaiah 61:3). Ruined things are my defeat, but to God they are opportunity.
When the earth was "without form, and void"...God sent his Spirit and His light to bring order out of chaos and beauty out of blackness. What He did physically for the original earth He does spiritually for people. It is a truth - there are not ruined people in God's category, only opportunities for God to display His creative power.....
-Evans