As I sit this Christmas weekend and reflect on the true meaning of Christmas, I have mixed emotions this year. It has been a very blessed year on many fronts and a very challenging year on others. Not being able to spend time with my (3) children these past 5-months has been a huge, tough, painful burden to bear and one that often causes me to wrestle with God for how He does not end the hurtful situation. That’s when He gently reminds me, ‘My timing is not your timing, Jared’…be still…rest in Me and my timetable…I will redeem…
His Will…His Plan…His Timetable è often are not mine nor yours, are they? When we are in the midst of pain, suffering, hardship, struggle, or a burden we are bearing, how easy is it to ‘wrestle with our Father’ and rationalize with Him why our will, plan, and timing are superior to His? Time to reflect…time to go deep inside and answer a very tough question…have I surrendered? Have I surrendered “my” will, plan, and timetable to His? Am I truly trusting His agenda vs. mine?
I had the blessing with Jenn last month with two other couple friends to attend the David Crowder Band “7 Tour” concert in Panama City, FL…we were blessed to hear Gungor’s sons, “Beautiful Things” which I later downloaded and listened to dozens of times in the following weeks. The song is simple but powerful. It underscores a simple truth that ALL of us need at times to be reminded and rooted…Jesus is in the business of Redeeming our “junk”…our “mess”…our “brokenness”…our “stuff” and redeem ALL of it into something BEAUTIFUL for His glory and our good…
Jesus makes beautiful things out of your family member’s death…
Jesus makes beautiful things out of your family member’s disease…
Jesus makes beautiful things out of your family’s breakup…
Jesus makes beautiful things out of the abuse…
Jesus makes beautiful things out of your lost job…
Jesus makes beautiful things out of your financial distress…
Jesus makes beautiful things out of your struggling marriage…
Jesus makes beautiful things out of your wayward teenager’s choices…
Jesus makes BEAUTIFUL THINGS of you and me…when we surrender ALL to Him and allow Him to Redeem it into something Beautiful as part of His Will…His Plan…and His Timetable…please listen to this very beautiful song by Gungor and the YouTube video reflection…a stirring reminder of what our Savior is doing with our lives…
“You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us”
Merry Christmas with Jesus’ Beautiful Love!
Jared Faellaci
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