"He hath made every thing beautiful in His time...

the wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad….

the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose….

blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy

and singing...they shall see the glory of the Lord,

and the excellency of our God. Strengthen ye the

weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to

them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear

not: your God will come... He will come and save

you" (Ecclesiastes 3:lla; Isaiah 35:1-4).

How often, we, as finite creatures, tend to observe the world around us as

hideous and fruitless. And veritably it appears to be so. Yet as we learn

to loosen from the fleshly eyes, beautiful wonders shall come into focus through

our spiritual observance. Indeed the desperately wicked ways of fallen hearts

shall fail not to bruise and deeply wound, yet we must persist to live amidst

the healing rain of the Spirit's fire. For man will always let us down, though

contrariwise God will always lift us up into the spiritual heavenlies as we

fix our spiritual eyes solely on His faithfulness. For the ways of the devil

are to discomfort, decay and destroy, though contrariwise God's ways are to

comfort, restore and revive. "For the Lord shall comfort Zion: He will comfort

all her waste places; and He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert

like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanks-

giving, and the voice of melody" (Isaiah 51:3). Hence faint not at the evilness

around, though careful not to ignore it's reality, but to walk through it in

Christ's victory! For though they curse and despise, turn the deaf ear, and

radiate the love of almighty God upon their darkness I And never forget we once

were as they are (Ephesians 2:1-3), lest we loose compassion. For we are alone

made whole by the magnanimous love and mercy of God ...we are beautiful in His

sight, and it was all done in His time... for He does make every thing beautiful,

in His time. Thus hold to the abundance of these truth's; sorrows shall again

be joy, and from pain shall come healing, from fear courage, from doubt trust,

from weakness strength, from loneliness friends, from death life, and from this

earth heaven. So be strong, fear not, your God will come. He will come and

save you.

Reflections; 9

J.B.Q. IV

1/21/2001