The Beauty in the Process

That which is placed into your hands requires action. It is only when you work in faith believing, can beauty burst forth. 

The most beautiful of petals fall from a plant and withers, dries up, and eventually decays, not by being exposed to any forms of the elements (wind, water, etc.) but because of something called process.

Each person has been created to endure the process of life with the help of the Holy Spirit. In each of our lives, we have to be processed. And in the processing; just like eagles that lose their talons and have to grow them back, it is the same with humans. Your endurance and longevity are dependent on your ability to be processed. 

In your process ye will shed people,  things, you will shed desires, will, you will shed places, mindsets, beliefs in order for the beauty that God placed inside of you can come forth. In the shedding beauty still remains because it is never what's offered on the outside that makes you beautiful unless you're all about the superficial. 

If you should ever have the opportunity to observe any plant in nature; it is only when the left, flower, stem, fruit separates from the plant that it is ever able to sustain itself. 

I quote John 15:5, "“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. 6Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned." 

Beauty will remain for as long as you remain connected to the source of your existence.

Shakespeare said, "All the world's a stage,

And all the men and women merely players;

They have their exits and their entrances,

And one man in his time plays many parts,

His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,

Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms." 

However, the word of God says, “Be especially careful when you are trying to be good so that you don’t make a performance out of it. It might be good theater, but the God who made you won’t be applauding. “When you do something for someone else, don’t call attention to yourself. You’ve seen them in action, I’m sure—‘playactors’ I call them—treating prayer meeting and street corner alike as a stage, acting compassionate as long as someone is watching, playing to the crowds. They get applause, true, but that’s all they get. When you help someone out, don’t think about how it looks. Just do it—quietly and unobtrusively. That is the way your God, who conceived you in love, working behind the scenes, helps you out. “The world is full of so-called prayer warriors who are prayer-ignorant. They’re full of formulas and programs and advice, peddling techniques for getting what you want from God. Don’t fall for that nonsense. This is your Father you are dealing with, and he knows better than you what you need. With a God like this loving you, you can pray very simply. Like this: Our Father in heaven, Reveal who you are. Set the world right; Do what’s best— as above, so below. Keep us alive with three square meals. Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others. Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil. You’re in charge! You can do anything you want! You’re ablaze in beauty! Yes. Yes. Yes."

Matthew 6:1‭-‬4‭, ‬7‭-‬13 MSG

Beauty is inside you, shine your light that men may see and glorify your Father in Heaven.

Sometimes the conditions are right yet it seems like you are losing. Human reasoning causes you to think the worst but Godly wisdom says, it is a season of the new being strengthened, fortified at the root to be sustained through the next bout of processing.