Rising From The Ashes

When a blazing inferno or fire occurs it often leaves behind a great heap of ashes left for the clean-up crew. And so ashes seem useless and nothing good coming from it. Or take for example our own brokenness and sense of loss and despair, some think life is over, game over. Its in divorce, difficult relationships, or just hanging on to a particular sin and identifying with it instead of Christ. Perhaps your own sin has torn apart your relationships. And so all happens at once with no end in sight, goes down hill from there, loss of home, job, family and other possessions. What good can come from that? How does one become strong through a battle with cancer, or a family member who is very ill? A closer look and one could think God is picking on them. But what if God is already at work behind the scenes creating a masterpiece to be used for His purpose only? To turn your brokenness into wholeness,  It seems that only through difficulty, trial and dark despair that God can use us the most, because in all that mess there is a sparkling "diamond in the rough" rising from the ashes.