Beautiful

This really has nothing to do with my trip here in Italy, but it has everything to do with life. I read it this morning. I was captivated once again with the truth and beauty of the gospel. It is a welcomed reminder of who it is that we worship. It also encourages us to keep moving forward with full assurance that our Father will be right there with us every step of the way.

And as for your birth, on the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to cleanse you, nor rubbed with salt, nor wrapped in swaddling cloths. No eye pitied you, to do any of these things to you out of compassion for you, but you were cast out on the open field, for you were abhorred, on the day that you were born.

And when I passed by you and saw you wallowing in your blood, I said to you in your blood, 'Live!' I said to you in your blood, 'Live!' I made you flourish like a plant of the field. And you grew up and became tall and arrived at full adornment...

When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love, and I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness. I made my vow to you and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord God, and you became mine. Then I bathed you with water and washed off your blood from you and anointed you with oil.

I clothed you also with embroidered cloth...I wrapped you in fine linen...And I adorned you with ornaments...for it was perfect through the splendor that I had bestowed on you, declares the Lord God.

~Ezekiel 16:1-14