FROM ASHES TO OAK TREES
He has sent me to tell those that Mourn
That the time of Gods favour has come to them.
When our hopes and dreams
Are but ashes.
HE GIVES BEAUTY FOR ASHES
When all that’s left is mourning
The ashes of our dreams.
HE GIVES THE OIL OF JOY.
When heaviness like a cloud
Sweeps over the soul.
HE GIVES PRAISE.
Because the Spirit of the Lord has anointed Him
To bring good news to the suffering and afflicted.
SO
When you look at the ashes
And think it’s the end.
REMEMBER
He gives beauty for ashes
He gives joy for mourning.
AND FOR
The spirit of heaviness He gives praise.
SO THAT
Instead of hopes and dreams and expectations
Slipping through our fingers
Like ashes.
We may become
OAKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
The planting of the Lord that He may be glorified.
(The journey from ashes to oaks of righteousness
Is paved with BEAUTY, JOY, and PRAISE.)
Based on Isaiah 61:3
