When wave after wave of life beat down upon, God finally answered my cry for rest and lo and behold, my sister and her husband paid for me to go to Hawaii with them. Kid free. Just me. The beauty that my God had created. And REST.
One of the days I was in Hawaii we went to hike the volcano. We stopped at the spot pictured above on our way to the volcano. One thing God spoke to me was that the trials of my life may feel like lava, continuously burning, but the lava will eventually cool as long as I let it soak in the Living Water, where it will be cooled. And once it's cooled He will restore my life. I looked around this beautiful island and meditated on the thought that lava, something so destructive, was the very foundation for such beauty. Though my life has been gut wrenching and painful far beyond words, God gave me rest in Hawaii and restored my hope. Though I wouldn't choose all these heartaches and trials, God knows it's just the foundation I need for His future plans to grow into something beautiful.
Isaiah 61:3
To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified."
