Christ Jesus gave His mission to us. Isaiah 61 provides a catalog of the ministries Christ commissions us with. One of them is transforming ashes into beauty.

Through the eyes of the Love of Christ, we can see the hope for a life that has been destroyed. In fact, the compassionate Christian looks rather for those who need Christ’s transformation. Fellowship with other like-minded believers is great, but the big thrills come when a lost one finds salvation.

The recent fires in California have shown the ashes left behind from devastation. Yet, those whose lives were spared are joyed to just be alive.

“What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul?” [Mark 8:36]

READ/LISTEN: Is. 61-63