Beauty from the Ashes

Beauty from the Ashes
Written from a young lady set free from Cutting, depression and being suicidal

Its a beautiful thing, Jesus. when you have been set free from the chains that once gripped you, making you walk in fear. its like you finally have this life you have never experienced and when you see others who are walking dead people it rips my heart out. and it makes me sad cause i know all they need is god but they don't see that... once you meet god, the chains are broken, the demons that one haunted you are gone and you can finally see clearly. brokenness is a faulty reason for depression pills. when you know the agape love of the father there is no fear. perfect love cast out all fear.its like, what don't they understand. how come they don't see this life that's flowing through me. when you know god there is no need for drugs, Alcohol or sex because god is much more satisfying. he conquered death. he conquered the grave. there is nothing he cant do. and when the love of god is shared, then we will see the creation god made for beauty. we were made for love, we are made to take on hi image. we were made as sons and daughters from the king of kings. he has made us holy. we are bought with a price saton cant match, we were bought with the beautiful blood of Christ. if youre not giving it all and living it all for god then i must ask...WHAT ARE YOU LIVING FOR?

God is after your heart. he wants youre heart. he cant think of anyone else he'd rather be with than to be with you. he died for you, and believe me, he loves you so much he'd do it again. BUT he doesn't need to! he doesn't cause the first time was victorious. the veil was torn and he wants to pour out his spirit apon you!

MATTHEW 6:21 "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

where you put your time, money and attention to is where your heart is.Brian "HEAD" Welch has this song that talks about money being your god so bow down to it. so its like,if you are in love with making money, then money is your god. weather its shopping, alcohol, sex, your "significant other" anything you put before the Lord Jesus is your God.

Focusing Our Hearts on God, and Not on Worthless things | Psalm 119:36-37

Living in this day and age, there are so many things to distract us from giving any of our time to God. Of course, like in any age, many of us have to work…but after that, we have so many forms of media (TV, Internet, Magazines, Video Games, Etc.), that so often we can get from waking up in the morning, to climbing into bed without ever giving God a second of our day. I know I find myself falling into this pattern all too often.

But what we need to do is give God our time, no matter what, so HE can show us what really matters, and help us avoid those things that are just distractions and worthless. Here is a scripture that we should be aiming our hearts towards:

Turn my heart toward your statutes

and not toward selfish gain.

Turn my eyes away from worthless things;
preserve my life according to your word.

-Psalm 119:36-37

God’s desires should be what we are focusing our day around…not our own. By no means am I saying that watching TV, being on the internet, playing video games, or any other form of media is bad in and of itself (although there are many bad things on them)…but if they are stealing our time and focus away from God, then something needs to be done about that.

1 Corinthians 15:55-57

when we are feeling defeated. It reminds us that death has already lost, and that our victory is found is Jesus Christ!…I’ll stop explaining and let you read it yourself:

Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. – 1 Corinthians 15:55-57

Whenever you are feeling low or defeated, remember that the enemy has been defeated, because death couldn’t hold Jesus down.


1 John 4:10

God’s love has nothing to do with who we are, or what we deserve, but that it has everything to do with HIS mercy and grace, and who HE is.

This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. – 1 John 4:10

I hope the scripture encourages you, and helps you realize that God’s love does not depend on who we are, but on who HE is.

-Esther