Week 28 – Beauty From Ashes

My hubby and I were at breakfast when he asked how I was doing with Mother’s Day weekend. I shared that I was doing really well, thankfully. You see, my mother went to be with the Lord in 2012, and it took me years to truly feel balanced again. In the midst of loss and grief, it can feel like the bottom has dropped out and will never be there again. It is grief from losing your mom or your child, or the grief of never having children. If you still have your mom with you, as a mom, you can hear your child’s voice, be present, and be thankful for each moment. If, however, like me, you have lost your mom, or have lost children you’ve given birth to, miscarried, or aborted, or were never able to have children, God is faithful to turn the ashes of your loss into beauty. 

I am now able to smile and laugh as I think about my mom. Yes, there are also tears at times, but not the gut-wrenching tears of despair. They are tears of remembering what an amazing gift my mom was to me.

So, my friend, I pray that wherever you are today, you are met with the peace, love, and joy of the Lord, that you remember He sees every tear you’ve shed because of loss and disappointment, and that He is our comforter. More than that, He delights in making beauty from the ashes of our loss, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness… that He might be glorified (Isaiah 61:3).