TREASURE FROM BROKENNESS

2 Corinthians 4:7 NLT We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.

You may already know all about it, but I learned this week about KINTSUGI which is the Japanese art of taking a broken piece of pottery and instead of hiding the brokenness it uses gold, platinum or silver to restore it and make it stronger and more valuable than it was before.😊

Isn’t that what God does with each one of us when we’ve experienced brokenness in our lives in one way or another? He doesn’t leave us all broken but He takes us to His work bench and over time He lovingly puts us back together to be used for His glory, to be a blessing to others.😊

Our God is the great Restorer, the great Healer. He heals the broken hearted, He restores our souls, and by His wounds we are healed. In the end, because it’s God who is at work in us to be and do all He has planned, our cracks aren’t filled in with gold but made whole by the precious blood of Jesus.

Paul tells us we’re like clay jars that hold the treasure of God Himself inside us and even when we’ve been broken God still shines out of us.😊

Ephesians 2:10 NLT For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

So be encouraged today to know our brokenness, or our imperfections don’t stop God from loving us or using use. All through scripture it shows God uses very imperfect people to do the most amazing things, and as far as God is concerned, we are His masterpiece and He’s not finished with us yet! 

Thank You Lord, Your healing power is doing Your work of restoration and rebuilding our lives making us whole and putting us back together so we’re stronger and more valuable than we were before. In Jesus name. Amen.

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