The Ultimate Beauty Treatment

I was listening to the song Beauty From Pain by Superchick… it so beautifully expressed what God has been teaching me.

The chorus of the song says…

After all this has passed — I will remain — after I’ve cried my last — there will be beauty from pain — though it won’t be today — someday I’ll hope again, and there’ll be beauty from pain.

I have come to the understanding that I need to embrace the struggle and pain, and know with all certainty that God is using the pain and struggle in my life to bring about beauty.

Consider it PURE JOY, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1: 2-3.

I need to consider trials joy because trials equal maturity, wholeness, and beauty.

I have become increasingly aware of how limited my view of life is. I saw the momentary troubles and felt consumed by them. God’s view is so much broader and all encompassing. His plan is so much bigger and better than I can imagine. All these troubles and trials are developing in me perseverance, He is perfecting me and refining me.

So the question becomes, will I fight against the pain and take my eyes off God, focus on me and my problems, or will I embrace the trial with joy asking God to teach me what he would like me to learn. Will I with every struggle search for God’s wisdom and grace and have joy knowing God is making me beautiful. Will I say “thank you Lord, for this beauty treatment”!

Yes, yes ,yes! I want God’s beauty, I want to be pure gold refined by the fire and prove genuine (from 1Peter1:6).

It is so easy to get wrapped up in the details of our trials and troubles and not see God’s all encompassing plan. When we choose a limited perspective by focusing on ourselves, we limit our view of God and what he will do.

I don’t fully understand how God works, but I do know He is working on me — I know God has a plan and a purpose! God is scraping away layers of dead flesh, in ultimate beauty treatment. The cost of the treatment will not be too high — the result will far outweigh the cost. It won’t be today, but after all this has passed, there will be beauty from pain.