Beauty For Ashes...

I bow down in a moment of despair, with eyes closed even as tears flow.

I can't see you but I sense you.

Father I know you’re there.

Please... respond to my prayers?!

I ask that you help me conquer my doubt, as I fear I will choose to live without?

You know my pain and struggle, because you’ve allowed it. It was decided since before my birth.

You know my strength and how I’m encouraged, because you've provided it.

It was granted even before my hurt.

Give me peace and the ability to once again accept joy?

As I bow down in a moment of despair, I now look up with a remembrance that I am blessed beyond all measures.

You’ve promised to “give beauty for my ashes.” Isaiah 61:3

You’ve said you have for me “plans to provide hope and a future.” Jeremiah 20:11

For many years I have sought after what is good that I may “receive favor from the Lord” Proverbs 18: 22