Beauty For Ashes

Rejoice in His Beauty for Ashes!

Greetings & Blessings Faithful Followers of Team MissionAccess Worldwide! As we wave a fond farewell to Bartimaeus Baptist Temple’s (http://BBTemple.org) Homecoming #65, I am so honored to share a vision of what I believe Our Awesome Lord has prepared for us in the future. 

Spoiler Alert! It ain’t retirement!  Far from it.

In fact, I believe that we are entering what we’ll look back upon as the beginning of the Golden Age of our ministry.

Why do I say this?  Because if we look back in scripture, we uncover something very similar that happened for God’s chosen people as recounted by the Prophet Isaiah in Isaiah 61: 3 (NASB 1995):

“To grant those who mourn in Zion,
Giving them a garland instead of ashes,
The oil of gladness instead of mourning,
The cloak of praise instead of a disheartened spirit.
So they will be called oaks of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”

For context I include this commentary from BiblePortal.com:  

“’Beauty for ashes’” is a promise to God’s people that He planned to get them out of their troubles and eventually send them the Messiah. This is clear from the background and context of the verse. Christians can still find hope and encouragement in these verses when they are going through hard times.”

Every year our Homecoming coincides with our national remembrance of 9/11/01 when we are reminded of the ashes.  But behold the strong towers of defiance that rose up in their place! In the same way, I believe our  weathered sign so eloquently captures the Beauty For Ashes that yet await our continued ministry efforts in our Golden Age to come. A Golden Opportunity for you to join us indeed!

 In His Accessible Grace,

Linda 

PHOTO SOURCE:  BBTemple.org Archive