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Beauty from Pain "New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings." -- Lao Tzu A decade ago, my 15-year marriage ended under the worst possible circumstances. However, it was the making of me. Sometimes the things we hold onto the hardest are the very things God is trying to save us from. In our despair and desperation, we don't see God in the details, as He tempers us for something altogether better. In Maya Angelou's book, "Wouldn't Take Nothing For My Journey Now," she talks about the end of her grandmother's marriage. She describes how her grandmother stepped out on the word of God, saying, "I looked up the road I was going, and back the way I came. I didn't like what I saw, so I cut me a new path." It is possible to derive beauty from pain. It happens every day, in miraculous ways, and in small ways. Hold on and believe a better dawn is following your darkest night.  "If the doctor told me I had six minutes to live, I'd type a little faster." — Isaac Asimov |
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10/21/2012 12:17 pm |
That's beautiful, Peace. If we don't experience the "meantime," (as it's called by Iyanla Vanzant) or the valley, how can we truly appreciate the mountain top? Where I got the title from and what the quote reminded me of is a song by Superchick, "Beauty From Pain," that got me through some pretty dark times in my life prior to my spinal surgery, living with chronic severe pain. The lights go out all around me One last candle to keep out the night And then the darkness surrounds me I know I'm alive But I feel like I died And all that's left is to accept that it's over My dreams ran like sand through the fists that I made I try to keep warm but I just grow colder I feel like I'm slipping away After all this has passed I still will remain After I've cried my last There'll be beauty from pain Though it won't be today Someday I'll hope again And there'll be beauty from pain You will bring beauty from my pain My whole world is the pain inside me The best I can do is just get through the day When life before is only a memory I wonder why God lets me walk through this place And though I can't understand why this happened I know that I will when I look back someday And see how you've brought beauty from ashes And made me as gold purified through these flames After all this has passed I still will remain After I've cried my last There'll be beauty from pain Though it won't be today Someday I'll hope again And there'll be beauty from pain You will bring beauty from my pain Here I am at the end of me Trying to hold to what I can't see I forgot how to hope This night's been so long I cling to your promise There will be a dawn After all this has passed I still will remain After I've cried my last There'll be beauty from pain Though it won't be today Someday I'll hope again And there'll be beauty from pain You will bring beauty from my pain "If the doctor told me I had six minutes to live, I'd type a little faster." — Isaac Asimov
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