Silver and Ash?

Why Silver and Ash?

In the early days after finding out about my husband's affair I was a mess. I was heartbroken and wished I would just die, rather than go through the pain I was experiencing. One night I had been laying on my closet floor having a very dismal cry. After my tears stopped I stayed there in the dark and began to fall asleep. As my eyes closed I saw a sparkling ocean with a sinking sun overhead. The waves rippled, colored beautiful shades by the sunset. Each wave though, was crested with glimmering silver. A true reflection of the sun's magnificent light. I let the waves lull me to sleep. And when I slept I dreamed of the most beautiful sky. The clouds were creamy pastel billows, and, like the waves, each one was crested with silver. It was in this dream that I realized the message I was receiving. There would be a silver lining to this horrible trial I was going through.

  The silver lining is this, my marriage was destroyed, burned to the ground by the evil influences of Satan and the awful choices my husband made. It was also burned down by my pride, my ego, my boastful spirit. What we were no longer existed, and for us, that was a beautiful thing. We are both continuing to learn by applying the 12 steps to our lives, that we were not the people our Heavenly Father created us to be. We could be something better. So from the ashes we rise.