Her hand stretched and reached for it before it hit the floor. Her facial expression dropped as you could see the temporary terror in her eyes. Without time to be caught, the glass fell to the ground, and separated into hundreds of tiny glass pieces. We’ve all heard this noise before at a restaurant, and we all have the same reaction. We look toward the noise, act as if we have never seen a glass or plate drop to the ground and break, and then we turn back around like nothing has ever happened.
This same occurrence happens in the lives of so many Christian churches, families, and individuals. Many times we are like a glass that has dropped to the ground and broken into many pieces. Our lives are made up of past hurts, wounds that have festered, and problems that we have hidden under the surface for years. Like an iceberg, many times the problem that we see is only part of the larger problem that is going on inside. The sad reality is that no matter how hard we try to cover up the brokenness it still exists. We can wear masks, live dual lives, try to fool the whole world into believing that we are okay, but truth be known we need help. We never fool God, and most of the time we don’t even ask for his help. We ignore him when we really need to cling to him, so that he can work through the brokenness to make us whole again.
Personally, I have struggled with brokenness. I have struggled with being a part of a broken family, which has created individual brokenness of many levels. For years I hid the fact that I was in pain. I never expressed the anger I felt toward the brokenness that I had encountered. I never knew that it was okay to be angry, that it was normal to feel rejected, and that it was human nature to want to be made whole again. I felt guilt for being broken, but I didn’t know how to be healed. I thought that I knew God, but I didn’t know him as my healer.
When a glass breaks it shreds into many pieces. These pieces can be very dangerous for all of those involved in the accident. Our lives, when broken and in pieces can be very dangerous. Our attitude, spirit, words, conduct, and behavior can be dangerous. When we hurt others hurt. In 1 Peter 5:7 we are instructed to cast our cares and anxiety upon God, because he cares for us. Sometimes we try to carry all of our hurts, because we don’t know that we can give them to the Lord. We hurt for years, because we don’t know that it is the will of God for us to give these hurts to our loving and caring Savior. You don’t have to carry your hurts, because he carried them already on Calvary.
In conclusion, I know that the Lord wants to make us whole again. The funny thing about dropping a glass is that if you pick up all the pieces and superglue it back together it never looks the same. When God heals us we are never the same again. When God heals us we become stronger, and more able to withstand the next raging storm. God wants to bring healing to us today, and he wants to take what society has left in broken pieces and make it whole. God wants to reconcile us back to Him! God is able to take our broken pieces, and make a beautiful creation again. Why not let him?
Romans 5:10-11, “For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. (ESV)”
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