From the Ashes of Disaster

 Can We Repurpose Our Lives?

A few years ago an historic building in Provo, Utah, the Provo Tabernacle,  was totally gutted by an unfortunate accidental fire.  After serious examination of the remaining structure, and because  of its historic importance to the residents of the area, the leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints decided to repurpose the the location to serve a much higher function, that of a Holy Temple. Without the disaster, the beautifully restored facility shown below would not have come to be!

 So it is with each of us in our own lives. The Lord knows  what he needs us to accomplish with our talents and abilities, or with talents and abilities we haven't even recognized yet! Each of us has had experience in those "crash and burn" moments when we have failed at something important.

Here is the critical juncture! Do we rise from the ashes, having learned lessons that only failure can teach us? Or do we wallow in the pain of our failure? There is no way in our mortal comprehension to understand the extent of the Eternal blessing that will ultimately come from that tragic fire.  I recall a classic movie with a Truly Scrumptious message on the topic of rising from from the ashes of disaster, as Professor Potts and his eccentric father overcome all odds to become something greater from the lessons learned from failure!