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Mud and Redemption

(Ashes for Beauty)

Isaiah 61:3

To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil
of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they
may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be
glorified.”

I was awakened, by an eerie feeling. I looked and saw a figure of a person

standing in front of the door. It was a woman. The woman looked muddy.
She looked tired and she barely could stand. She camouflaged with coats
hanging on the door. I immediately assumed that she was the tenant that
occupied that apartment before me. However, I securely locked up; I knew
nobody could get inside. I hope management changed the locks after each
tenant. I marvelled, about the mysterious woman. Trying to find the
reason, throughout the week. The Holy Spirit brought back to my
remembrance. When I was homeless, it stormed. My clothes had
soaked and wet, but they did not get muddy. This was when I realized

that I could not survive outdoors, no matter how much I wanted to live
outside. I started coming to my senses and wished a way off the streets.