Every Friday a little group of us on Facebook joins to write for five minutes on a prompt that's posted Thursday evening. If you think you might enjoy it, you can check it out here.
I'm digging back in the archives and posting something I wrote in December for the prompt "Ugly". Yes, we have some odd prompts sometimes! Surprisingly, those odd ones can turn out to be the most interesting.
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UGLY
Just as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, ugly is not a permanent state of being. Is there anything ugly that cannot be transformed?
A smile on the face that looked so plain....
A sweet spirit discovered in the person who once looked un-likeable...
A coat of paint on the house that once looked un-liveable...
Fresh clothes on the child that was dirty and bedraggled...
A cleaned up room in place of the mess and clutter...
A sanding and refinishing job done to the old, old table and chairs...
A beautiful yard and flowerbeds where once there was endless brush and briars....
An apology from the person who hurt you so badly....
Peace in the heart that was full of turmoil and questions....
The transformation of Jesus in the heart full of sin...
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May you have eyes to see beyond the ugly things in your life to the beauty of transformation and redemption. Happy weekend!
"He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much..." Luke 16:10
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