BROKEN GLASS
(Psalm 34:18)
Ever seen a broken mirror and how there are many cracks in the glass? Ever mistakenly dropped a drinking glass on the floor and saw how it broke into many pieces? Sometimes our lives mimic the broken glass. There are bombs that were dropped on us in the form of an unwanted baby, ending relationships or the loss of a job that we become broken. Sometimes they are in the form of needs not being met like out mental, emotional and spiritual needs. And in turn we become broken. It may be a child that’s broken because of the separation of the parents. It may be a parent that’s broken because of the relationship they had with their parents (now that's a cycle that NEEDS to be broken). It may be that nothing in someone’s life seems to go right, no matter how much right they do. And let me say this, just because someone is going through, doesn’t always mean they did something wrong…remember Job???
But how do you mend broken glass? Glue is an option. There’s nothing like something that can glue your life back together right? Sometimes glue can be messy though. Sometimes glue can be sticky. But sometimes it takes a messy or sticky situation for us to focus our hearts and minds on God to begin in the path of healing from this brokenness. Another option that mends broken glass is burnishing. What is burnishing you ask? Burnishing is rubbing the glass to make it luster or polished. Sometimes we have to be rubbed the wrong or the right way in order to stand as a polished piece of glass once again. And the last option is to melt the glass by fire and to reshape it and mold it. That’s the most powerful. Why? Because whatever caused us to break could have hardened us, and there’s nothing like a little fire to bring us back to God. But the heat will soften us and melt us so that we can be molded and reshaped again.
I know this devotional isn’t filled with bible scriptures and sayings, but the message goes forth. Many of us are broken in some way, shape or form. Yes, we stand with our chests poked out and our heads held high, but truth be told, we’re dealing and coping. God is the glue to mend the brokenness. God is the one to perform the burnishing. And His love melts, while His grace and mercy reshapes us. If a broken glass can mended, so can your heart, your soul and your LIFE!!!
REMEMBER: "We cannot be whole until we have first been broken." Mark Brown
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