Our lives are broken. Into a million little pieces. Things
are done to us, and we do things to others. Our hearts are broken over and
over. Tragedies occur, and we encounter painful circumstances, guilt, and regret. We go through
dark and lonely times. We go through bitterness, idolatry, addiction,
divorce/breakups, family trouble, desertion, financial ruin, plans that don't
pan out, you name it. And if you've never experienced any brokenness, FYI it
will come one day.
If we were to imagine our lives as glass, then it would
be quickly shattered & broken into pieces. But Jesus takes something as
useless and ugly as broken glass and sweeps it up. He does not mend the glass
nor replaces it, as we also never forget the past. But rather, Christ sweeps it up and puts it into a kaleidoscope. And when
you hold that kaleidoscope up to the light... the light of the glory of God...
then what you have in the end is something really beautiful. Because Christ
does exactly that. You see beautiful patterns of grace and love in the
midsts of the brokenness. He takes our brokenness and our uniquely damaged
lives, and redeems us for Him, and makes it uniquely beautiful. Redemption.
"I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I
who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I
live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."
[Galations 2:20]
