There’s beauty in the ashes!...

Most Precious God!... the Almighty God!... Christ my Jesus!... I’m bowed!... arms stretched wide!... here Lord God!... to bless yur Holy name!... to give U the honor U so rightly deserve!... Lord!... my God!... first to thank U for the new day!... and for the blessings of yur grace!... along with the new mercies!... U awarded!... Lord my God!... all will work for my good!... Lord God!... U pulled me away from those desert valleys!... and the droughts and unhappy days when I was there!... I used to curse the walls around me!... I even pointed my finger and asked myself!... why was I here!... now I give thanks for those droughts that I went through!... and now I see Lord my God!... U had it all figured out!... and was working for my good!... Lord God!... work it out!... take my yesterday and move it aside!... let my future!... be nothing but focus on U!... if I knew back then!... what I know right now!... nothing is wasted in yur hands!... it all works for my good!... U didn’t forsake me!... for U made the point!... there’s beauty in the ashes!... and peace within the storms!... and a reason for my season!... Lord God!... I may not always understand!... Lord God!... I’m going to keep praying!... keep praising yur name!... and do my best to follow yur word!... Lord God!... I know it all will work for my good!... my ups and my downs!... my confusion and my missed right turns!... I understand and I see it now Lord God!... if I knew then what I know now!... nothing was missed!... nothing was wasted in yur hands!... Lord God!... again!... there’s beauty in the ashes!... U didn’t forsake me!... U showed me that U care!... and love me!... U took my faults and turned them to work for my good!... U didn’t leave me Lord God!... there in my confusion!... in the middle of my difficulty and lost with time!... Lord!... I cried out to U!... I know U’re there!... for I trust U!... even when I don’t see U!... Lord my King!... I still lift my hand and worship U!... in the middle of all of my ashes!... and the rain!... Lord God!... I know U’re there!... when I should have lost my mind!... when I thought I couldn’t take any more of the pain!... U show up!... as a matter of fact!... Lord God!... U were always there!...  U carried me through the valley to the other side!... and when the pain tried to take my joy!... my prayer Lord God stayed focused on U!... ease was here now!... and I began to feel U even more!... Lord God!... I live to testify I overcame the barriers!... I outlasted the miseries and the pain!... it was U my Lord!... it was U!... U stayed by my side!... it was U who took me through it all!... U made it all work for my good!... wheew!          

Lord my God!... it is U Lord!... for I am so glad it’s U!... Lord God!... U’ve been so faithful!... in my dry seasons!... yes!... the grass may wither!... over my nights!... Lord God!... keep yur peace and understanding around and over me!... U’re my Almighty and Holy Father!... I’m asking that U please forgive me of my sins!... I acknowledge them to U!... and I am sorry for committing them!... Please bless and empower me as I seek to turn my life toward U!... live passionately for U!... and bring U glory!... My Lord and King!... it’s through my rain!... my reckoning!... and knowing U Christ my Savior!... U’re at the table!... by the Grace of my God!... and by Yur love!... who is my Lord and my everything!... I thank U for what U are doing in my life!... and about to do!... like Paul said!... when I’m weak!... U my God!... U’re strong!... I ask that U give me the strength to carry on!... and forevermore!... until we can gather again!... I trust that U will go before us and take us to the next level!... in the Most Powerful!... Matchless name of Christ Jesus!... for this I pray!...

Forever and ever Amen!...