I heard, “The ugly ducklings are really Beautiful Swans.”
Hans Christian Andersen wrote a beautiful tale about the ugly duckling who actually was a beautiful baby swan.
I am related to him on my father’s side. My great-grandmother was an Andersen from Denmark. So I was delighted to hear this in my spirit today.
“Beloved. The world calls you an ugly duckling. You do not fit into their mold. You do not conform to their ways. The spirit in them cannot bear to be around the Spirit in you.
Know this, My Child. You are not an ugly duckling but you are a Beautiful Swan in Me. This is your true identity. You are a New Creation in Christ.
The world cannot see with eyes of Grace. Spiritual things are only understood spiritually.
Grace says, You are altogether beautiful, My Love; there is no flaw in you. The Blood of Jesus has made you as white as snow. You are full of Grace and Glory. As I AM, so are you in this world.
Flow with Me on the Peaceful Waters of the Spirit.
Worry not about those who criticize you, insult you, and persecute you. I shall recompense you and I shall reveal who you are.
You are above and not beneath. From My Fullness, you have received Grace upon Grace. Those who look to Me are Radiant, and your face shall never be ashamed.
You are being transformed from glory to ever-intensifying glory. You are My Masterpiece. Arise, My Darling, My Beautiful One, come away with Me.”
SWAN IN THE BIBLE: Mentioned only in old versions and the Revised Version margin in Leviticus 11:18: “the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,” and in Deuteronomy 14:16 Septuagint porphurion = “water-hen”; Vulgate (Jerome’s Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) ibis). In the Revised Version (British and American) this is rightly changed to “the horned owl, and the pelican, and the vulture.” The swan is a bird of the duck family wrongly placed among the abominations in old versions of the Bible, now changed to horned owl. White swans spend their winter migratory season on the waters of the Holy Land. They are among the most ancient birds of history.
INTERESTING FACT: Cygnus – the Latin word for “SWAN” – is a brightly visible constellation also known as the northern CROSS.
(Gene Stratton-Porter, Bible Study Tools)
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. ” (Isaiah 1:18)
“From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.…” John 1:16-17.
“She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.” Proverbs 31:25.
“And from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood.” Revelation 1:5.
“The hairs of His head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire,” Revelation 1:14.
“You will be a crown of splendor in the LORD’s hand, a royal diadem in the hand of your God.” Isaiah 62:3.
“My beloved spoke and said to me, “Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me.” Song of Songs 2:10.
“Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.” Psalm 34:5.
“Your workmanship is marvelous — how well I know it.” Psalm 139:13–14.
“For we are God’s masterpiece…” Ephesians 2:10.
“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light” 1 Peter 2:9.
“For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.” Philippians 3:20.
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