There's still color in broken colors
Ruined things are my defeat, but God's beginning.
It's not hopeless what you're going through, it's just an opportunity for God to show off who He is through his power-driven fingers.
God uses broken things. It takes broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain, broken grain to give bread, and broken bread to give strength. – Vance Havner
Our brokenness is not proof that God could not or would not love us,
but proof that what we need is the God who both created us and loves us.
A Kintsugi is an ancient Japanese art form that involves putting broken pieces back together using gold or another precious metal. It takes something broken and makes it stronger, more useful, and more beautiful.
First time I saw a picture of this, I felt like yelling, "Yes!" Living with chronic pain because of life experiences has often left me feeling very cracked and broken. But that doesn't mean I can't be useful or beautiful.
It's not surprising that God isn't surprised by my brokenness. After all, He made me! And He is able and willing to use me for noble purposes, or for common purposes. The cracks and all, to shine the love of Jesus into a broken and hurting world. Are you a cracked pot? Remember Kintsugi, which is the art of making something beautiful out of broken things. That's exactly what God wants to do!
