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Everyone has experienced hurt and disappointment. We've all been burnt by life.

But God doesn't want us to sit in the ashes of our past.

He wants us to trade our brokenness for his healing. So wherever you are today, Jesus wants to give you

his beauty for your ashes. The key is that we are willing to give him our ashes in order to receive his beauty.

You can't have both because the ode has to go and the new has to come.

Where in your life can you make room for God today? Where in your life can you make room for his beauty

so he can fix your brokenness? Today, are you willing to trust him with your past hurts?

Are you willing to let go of your pain and to forgive others and yourself so that you can

move forward into freedom?

How great is it that we can experience the freedom that God has for us, not tomorrow,

not next week, not next year, but right now, don't waste another

day. Don't waste another moment sitting in the ashes of your past. The pass is over and behold,

all things become brand new. Your future can be found in the loving hands of the Father, your Heavenly Father. Right now,

you can just lean into all that He has for you. Allow God to give you joy for your morning.

Allow him to give you praise for your heaviness. God is promising right now in this moment to sweep away

all the ashes of your past. Will you give him the broom? Will you help him with the dustpan? Will you

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