When things are broken, God never gives up. He begins with ruins, chaos, and brings forth beauty from ashes. 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. If you wait on Him, your mess becomes a miracle. Calvary is our example. Shattered lives become breathtaking ornaments of beauty. This is our God. 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...