From shame to splendorEzekiel 16:1-14Length: Standard
Eat
Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.
- Read
- Reread
- Retell
Digest
Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.
What does this passage show me about God?
- Trace what God does step by step for the abandoned girl — from 'Live!' to washing, covering, adorning, and making her a queen; whose splendor makes her beautiful?
What does it show me about people — and about myself?
- Which part of this picture is hardest for you to believe God would do for you?
What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)
- How will you live this week out of the splendor God has given rather than the rejection you started with?
Who will I tell?
- Who feels thrown away — by family, by community — and needs to hear about the God who stops for abandoned ones?
Grow
Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).
Pray
God, you found me like that abandoned child — unwanted, uncovered, left in the open field — and you said 'Live.' Thank you that my beauty before you is the splendor you yourself placed on me.