“On the path of forgiveness and healing lies a choice to not
perpetuate unhealthy patterns or relationships. To all within our influence, we
can offer kindness for cruelty, love for hate, gentleness for abrasiveness,
safety for distress, and peace for contention. To give what you’ve been denied
is a powerful part of divine healing possible through faith in Jesus Christ. To
live in such a way that you give, as Isaiah said, beauty for the ashes of your
life is an act of faith following the supreme example of a Savior who suffered
all that He might succor all. Joseph of Egypt lived a life with ashes. He was
hated by his brethren, betrayed, sold into slavery, wrongly imprisoned, and
forgotten by someone who’d promised to help. Yet he trusted in the Lord. The
Lord was with Joseph and consecrated his trials to his own blessing and
growth—and to the saving of his family and all Egypt.” – Kristin M. Yee
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