Isaiah 49: 19 “Though you were ruined and made desolate
and your land laid waste,
now you will be too small for your people,
and those who devoured you will be far away.
20 The children born during your bereavement
will yet say in your hearing,
‘This place is too small for us;
give us more space to live in.’
21 Then you will say in your heart,
‘Who bore me these?
I was bereaved and barren;
I was exiled and rejected.
Who brought these up?
I was left all alone,
but these—where have they come from?’”
and your land laid waste,
now you will be too small for your people,
and those who devoured you will be far away.
20 The children born during your bereavement
will yet say in your hearing,
‘This place is too small for us;
give us more space to live in.’
21 Then you will say in your heart,
‘Who bore me these?
I was bereaved and barren;
I was exiled and rejected.
Who brought these up?
I was left all alone,
but these—where have they come from?’”
22 This
is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“See, I will beckon to the nations,
I will lift up my banner to the peoples;
they will bring your sons in their arms
and carry your daughters on their hips.
23 Kings will be your foster fathers,
and their queens your nursing mothers.
They will bow down before you with their faces to the ground;
they will lick the dust at your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;
those who hope in me will not be disappointed.”
I will lift up my banner to the peoples;
they will bring your sons in their arms
and carry your daughters on their hips.
23 Kings will be your foster fathers,
and their queens your nursing mothers.
They will bow down before you with their faces to the ground;
they will lick the dust at your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;
those who hope in me will not be disappointed.”
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Just a little salt is what the recipe called for. As I
tipped the shaker, the top fell off and the entire contents flew into the pot.
The dish I made was ruined. Another time, I spent hours drawing a house for a
class, with meticulous detail. I made a mistake in my calculations and had to
erase the blunder. After erasing too many times, I ripped the paper ever so
slightly. The drawing was ruined.
- I do not like things to get ruined.
- I do not like situations where something gets ruined.
- I do not like going through the process of being ruined.
“Ruined” sounds so permanent. I mean once something is
ruined, it means it is no good to anyone anymore, right? Wrong!
- GOD ruins me to open up my eyes.
- GOD ruins me to change my path to HIS restoration.
- GOD ruins me to open up my hands in dependence of HIS way.
Every once in a while I have had to go through some
situation or circumstance that felt horrible at the time. BUT GOD was with me
especially when I felt alone. HE was there when the crowd stepped away and
blamed me for my very existence. I place my hope in GOD and have never been
disappointed.
Are you being ruined?
- Can you not see the light at the end of the tunnel?
- Will you praise GOD for ruining you for HIS purpose?
- Will you allow HIM to restore you HIS way instead of yours?
- Can you place your hope in GOD today?
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