WARNING: MEMORIES REFRAMED! To those who were part of my past, my memories may surprise you. They have been reframed in light of what I now know about God—that He formed me in my mother’s womb and was always with me, working for my good and to answer my little-girl prayers. They have been reframed with God in the picture. They have been reframed against the backdrop of God’s attributes—who He is.
In one of her Bible studies, Beth Moore said, “You have not gotten this far in your journey with God without His footprints planted all over your path, and without His fingerprints all over the doorknobs of your life.” God was present “then and there”. He can and will heal the pain of our difficult memories.
Therefore, although my stories are absolutely factual, I cannot help but see them in the light of the work that Jesus has done in my life. Therefore, ashes may appear as beauty; mourning may appear as joy; the spirit of heaviness as gladness. According to Isaiah 61, the good news Jesus came to bring included “binding up the brokenhearted”, giving “beauty for ashes," joy for mourning" and the “garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.”
Photo: Spring tulips at Duke Gardens 2005
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