“Is anything too hard for the Lord?" Genesis 18:14a If you've lived in this world very long at all, you've probably experienced disappointment.  Yet, in the depth of pain, struggle, and disappointment there is something so beautiful and joyous:  God. God!  There is no gift, no balm more precious to the human soul. I don't know where you find yourself today, but I know that God's Word is true, and that He is never wasteful—even with our pain. Isaiah 61:3 promises,  "To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the Lord has planted for his own glory." The hymn, Something Beautiful , written in 1971 by Bill and Gloria Gaither has the following lyrics: Something beautiful, something good; All my confusion He understood. All I had to offer Him Was brokenness and strife, But He made something beautiful of...