What comes to mind when you hear this word… I think of a toy… one that we just toss in the trash because it is no longer good to play with… I think this image in my mind can go with how we go about life. If it is broken we throw it away without trying to fix it… We think broken means done… No hope to save it… We do not even look for a way to fix it before we throw it away….

In this world we live in there is a lie that says you better not show your brokenness…you just throw that thing away what is broken in your life… We think if we throw the broken thing away then it will all be better but most of the time in my own life experience just “throwing away” my brokenness or not dealing with it has caused even more brokenness to the point where I felt hopeless… But what if…

Broken was something beautiful… What if broken is the very thing we need to become solely dependent upon something bigger than ourselves….What if broken is what leads us to the feet of Jesus… Sometimes we have to be broken so He can make something beautiful…

In my own broken seasons of life a few years a go… I remember saying to God this is hopeless, I do not think there is a way this can be healed… I would lay on my bedroom floor weeping wondering if I would be broken forever… I wrestled with God in that seasons trying to sweep up what I thought was shattered… as I collected the broken to throw away He began to rebuild the walls on the foundation that was not broken…. Him… He was the foundation… My house was torn down to the foundation so he could build a safer more dependable home.

I had to be broken down so all I could do was crawl to God.. He began to restore… Parts I thought were solid in my life I see now were just ply wood… He laid bricks on the foundation… God is safe and kind… In my brokenness I learned his character and my gaze was refocused on Him.

If you are walking in broken, crawl to our Maker…. He will carry you through… When we get through that seasons we will be able to look back eventually and say look what God did… Your walk with broken will look different than others because God is so personal with each of us… I do know this He will never leave you nor forsake you…He is someone you can always count on to show up… Praying for you friends….