Beautified by God –  your Lion Bites word for today

Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

You are in a process; a journey of being perfected by your perfect Heavenly Father. Yet, when waves rise and fall, when winds blow all around or when the floor shifts from beneath your feet it is easy to forget this. Do not forget that God is causing there to be beauty crafted in and through you, in every situation and trial that you face.

Right now, God is making you beautiful. Not in a superficial way, but in the heart. He is causing you to look more and more like Jesus as He removes the thorns and the scars that life has caused. You are in this beautification process. This doesn’t mean that you were once ugly rather it is a ‘glory to glory’ journey, moving from one level to another. As you face your trials and tests, remind yourself that you are in this remarkable process and God makes you more and more like Him.