God is the only one who can bring beauty from ashes.

Not sure where you are at in your walk, but I know when I am faced with difficulties in life that I am reminded by Isaiah that God can make something good from my situation.

• joy for sadness
• praise for despair
• strength for weakness
• purpose for pointlessness

Today I pray for those who are weak that you would strengthen them, those that are sad, give them great joy, purpose to those who have been on the wrong path. 

Give them beauty for ashes, crown them with a new life, a new perspective and a new love for your Son Jesus Christ.

Amen... 

and provide for those who grieve in Zion-- to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor.
Isaiah 61:3