1322. The Crucial Skill of Giving Beauty for Ashes By Kate Piersanti · July 13, 2021, in Meridian Magazine
Beautiful thoughts, to help us forgive others! The Crucial Skill of Giving Beauty for Ashes By Kate Piersanti · July 13, 2021 I love the phrase “beauty for ashes.” It’s from Isaiah 61:1-3. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes , the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified. (Italics added) To give beauty for ashes means how we respond to someone else’s behavior toward us. We make these decisions everyday in every situation of our lives. When I’m driving