There's beauty in brokenness. So often brokenness is associated with rubbish, failure and being despised. If something is broken it has lost its function and purpose, for example a broken plate can no longer hold a meal upon it. As people we can become broken too. Things people say, things that we do, things that happen to us, things that we think can all affect us. They can have a positive impact or a negative impact. As humans, we often try to hide all signs of brokenness, all the signs of things going wrong, cracks which reveal things that have happened in the past or who we really are. We can try to put up masks to hide it or try to fix our brokenness ourselves.
But, something God's reminded me of this weekend is how He takes our brokenness and He makes it into something beautiful! He takes our failures, our short-comings, our weaknesses and He displays His glory through it. He takes the cracks in my life and brings wholeness and fullness (if I let Him!).
In Japan, there's some amazing artwork called Kintsugi. Essentially broken pottery is repaired through use of a special lacquer mixed with gold, silver or platinum. Instead of disguising it, the cracks are used to make this piece of artwork even more beautiful. Instead of forgetting about the breakage, it's incorporated into its history. Instead of using an invisible glue to mend the cracks, gold is used - something of immense value!
Throughout all of today, this is what I've been thinking about! The brokenness, the weakness and the struggles are not something to hide for they can display something of Jesus - His love, His healing, His grace and His abounding goodness. He's takes the mistakes, He's takes the insecurities and He takes the broken-hearted, the broken families and the broken in spirit and He can bring the restoration!
Reason no. 567 :)
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