Out of the ashes.
I was speaking with Andy (one of Elim’s missionaries in Nepal) yesterday and he gave me the most bizarre picture he had seen when out in the communities helping in the villages.
In the middle of the ruins, of the rubble of bricks and all kinds of debris, a wedding car weaved a path through for a bride’s happiest day to be!
Life goes on for some perhaps.
But that’s not what I get from this image.
What I see is that out of the ruins comes something beautiful.
Nepal is in a mess right now. The loss is huge. People will never be the same again. But I believe something good will come from the bad.
Ecclesiastes 3:11
You also may be in a time of ruins. This may be the greatest challenge you have ever faced.
I wonder if you remember singing this childhood song of mine:
Something beautiful something good
All my confusion He understood
All I had to offer him was brokenness and strife
But he made something beautiful of my life.
Out of the ashes good will come because He is there.
Missions Paul 