WHAT GOD DOES WITH OUR SUFFERING
In one of the most powerful pictures in
the Old Testament, the prophet Isaiah speaks to the Jewish people who have been
living in exile in Babylon, or who have just returned from exile, finding their
homeland in ruins. Listen to his words as he promises what God will do for all
who mourn and grieve in Zion. He will… “bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of
praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of
righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of His splendor.” (Isiah
61:3 NIV)
This
is what God does. God takes the pain and the grief and the wounds of our past,
and transforms them into objects of beauty. As a result of what God does with
our suffering we become “oaks of righteousness.”
-- Adam Hamilton in “Why? -
Making Sense of God’s Will”
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