The beautiful, busted, broken
“And the Word became flesh.” John 1:14
“And they shall call His name Immanuel, which means, ‘God with us.’” Matthew 1:23
The broken, busted now. ‘Now’ can feel like a burden. The weight of this broken world and my brokenness in it can drag a soul down. But there is Someone who inhabits our brokenness with us. He is not ashamed of us (Heb. 2:11). He Himself is our peace (Eph.2:14). He was broken and He is beauty. And, he is in the process of transforming our brokenness into beauty. He works everything out according to the counsel of His will and for the good, that is the transforming of his beloved into his own image. (Romans 8; Ephesians 1). He will not fail to do so nor will he abandon the work of his hands. He will not give up on us and He will never stop loving us, never stop forgiving us, never stop dwelling with us in our broken. He removes our ugly sin as far as the east is from the west and He does it because He loves passionately, jealously, intentionally, zealously those who are His own.
So, when you feel small and insignificant, when life is full of questions without answers, when you taste the bitterness of your own sin and lack of love for others, where do you turn? Who or what do you run to? Why not run to the Lover of your soul who sees you as one precious, chosen, beloved? (Is. 43:4; Col. 3:12).
“And they shall call His name Immanuel, which means, ‘God with us.’” Matthew 1:23
The broken, busted now. ‘Now’ can feel like a burden. The weight of this broken world and my brokenness in it can drag a soul down. But there is Someone who inhabits our brokenness with us. He is not ashamed of us (Heb. 2:11). He Himself is our peace (Eph.2:14). He was broken and He is beauty. And, he is in the process of transforming our brokenness into beauty. He works everything out according to the counsel of His will and for the good, that is the transforming of his beloved into his own image. (Romans 8; Ephesians 1). He will not fail to do so nor will he abandon the work of his hands. He will not give up on us and He will never stop loving us, never stop forgiving us, never stop dwelling with us in our broken. He removes our ugly sin as far as the east is from the west and He does it because He loves passionately, jealously, intentionally, zealously those who are His own.
So, when you feel small and insignificant, when life is full of questions without answers, when you taste the bitterness of your own sin and lack of love for others, where do you turn? Who or what do you run to? Why not run to the Lover of your soul who sees you as one precious, chosen, beloved? (Is. 43:4; Col. 3:12).
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