greater than i.

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

i first heard this song when i got here, & i really love it. it’s just plain catchy. it’s a nice idea—the idea that god can make something beautiful out of us. that he wants to make something beautiful out of us. while pondering this simple fact, however, i’m just completely overwhelmed with how beautiful this statement is. he makes beautiful things out of the dust. he gives life to the lifeless and purpose to the purposeless. he makes beautiful things out of us. out of me—a daughter that he has blessed in so many ways, and yet she still doubts, she still turns away, she still forgets. as humans, we are really just wretched. we try to make beautiful things out of our lives, but we can’t do it on our own.  we try to lean on our own understanding, but we are left unfulfilled. we’re the dust. BUT. god wants to make beautiful things out of us. he looks at us—the faithless, the messed up, the dirty—and he sees something beautiful. THAT’S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT. yes, i freak out daily about my major. yes, i spend too much time worrying. yes, i fail daily in loving others like jesus wants us to. yes, i live every day completely unworthy of the unending love of the father. in so many ways, i fail. but god….god sees past that. he gives me the love that i don’t deserve. always. I’m the dust…yet god still wants to make something beautiful out of my life. WHAT?!

He has made everything beautiful in its time –ecclesiastes  3:11