From Dust to New creation

 The devotionals I have been reading on are about dust. 

We are made from the dust of the ground. But man dust can sound so yucky! But it also can create the most beautiful creations. For when you add dust and water you get clay. And when the clay is used by our Heavenly Father to mold and make a new creation it is BREATHTAKING!

You might be feeling like dust right now. Like nothing can be made new in your life. Like your past will always define you. How can your broken pieces be turned into something to be looked at with awe. Well that's literally what God does when he turns those broken pieces into his new creation. 

It can be a new creation in your life, your kids, your spouse, your marriage, your job etc. Whatever it is that you need to be made whole again- God can do it. 

Here's some scripture that came with this devotional as well as some insight from part of the devotional ! 

John 9:1-3, 5-7

As Jesus was walking along he saw a man who had been blind from birth, "Rabbi" His disciples asked Him " why was this man born blind? Was it because of his own sins or his parents sins?"

"It was not because of his sins or his parents sins," Jesus answered. "This happened so the power of God could be seen in him... While I am here in the world, I am the light of the world."

Then he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and spread the ud over the blind man's eyes. He told him, " Go wash yourself in the pool of Siloam." 

So the man went and washed and came back seeing!

Jesus used him as a living testimony. Using what he was given at birth to heal him and let the world see that that he is truly the light of the world. He can take something from birth and make it a new creation!

And into the devotional this passage really hit home:

In soul crushing times, we'd give just about anything for God to fix it- Edit this story so that it has a different ending. Repair this heartbreaking reality. But what if all that fixing isn't what God has in mind. What if this time God desires to make something completely brand new?? ( credit to Lisa TerKeurst in her book Its not Supposed to be This way)

As it goes onto say in the devotional - Jesus, the Living Water, may decide to heal those losses using the dust we are sitting in or The divine Potter may decide to create an entirely new work from the dust we are made of. Either way, our Creator is not sitting idle. Dust doesn't have to signify the end Dust is often what must be present for the new to begin! 

See, I firmly believe God is currently taking the dust from my dead marriage. The dust from the past hurts, mistakes, anger, hate, toxic mess - all those dirty broken pieces that we alone can't fix- and turning them into a new creation in HIM! He is the Potter and we are the clay. The miracle worker of all things broken. I have hope and faith as I watch him work each day in my life, as well as the lives of those around me in this situation. His timing is perfect and he is a truly faithful GOD. I have seen it time and again.

Stephanie Jones 

(this is from a summer trip just the girls took)