I recently started reading 'Mended' by Angie Smith and in the very first chapter she challenges you to break an item and mend it back together. At first I thought, this sounds down-right goofy but I'm not one to walk away from a challenge. Especially when the Holy Spirit won't let me. In the book, Angie breaks a large pitcher. I went with a small coffee mug, after all I'm not one to go all crazy, and I admit I wanted a feeling of accomplishment today.
Dumping my broken pieces in a box, I heated up my trusty glue gun. I began the re-gluing of my smashed mug. My first thought was maybe I should have gone with something easier, a plate perhaps. But as I sat there trying to figure out where to start, God so sweetly reminded me this wasn't about perfection. Boy, was I glad to hear that.
Being the self-professed mystery solving gal that I am, I just knew God was going to tell me the verse in Isaiah 64:8. You know the one, "we are the clay, He is the potter." As I kept gluing and trying to fit pieces together, I realized I had a bit of a dilemma on my hands. I had
extra
pieces!
As I neared the end of my Saturday morning project, God revealed a bit of what He is wanting to show me. The gaps, those are places He wants to fill-in for me. And what about the pesky extra pieces? These are things He wants me to let go of and give to Him. I found the perfect spot for my mended mug on my desk as a sweet reminder!
Oh, how we are broken, but thank goodness we have a huge God full of Grace, Love and Forgiveness, who is slowly gluing us together - piece by piece - until we are whole, renewed - in his arms forever :)
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