Can brokenness be a beautiful thing?
BROKEN IS BEAUTIFUL from PEOPLE OF THE SECOND CHANCE on Vimeo.
If you get a chance to check out the above video, I highly recommend it. It's a brand new POTSC video that was introduced today. Each one of the 3 minutes I spent watching the short film impacted me tremendously. Lately especially, I feel that God has been showing me more of what it looks like to be broken, and how His glory is shown in my weaknesses. Some of my thoughts:
"You don't go in and show somebody an x-ray and say 'Look at how healthy I am!'. You want to see the tragedy in it… The perfect ones are the ones that get thrown away."
How true is this. So often we are scared and ashamed of appearing broken as we want to have the appearance of perfection. We reply, "I'm good!" and "Everything's fine!" when, in fact, we have shadows in our closet that don't want to be shined upon.
"You can't really experience happiness until you've experienced pain…"
I believe that God works in beautifully in broken situations. I've seen it. Problems are conquered, areas of bondage are demonlished, and relationships are restored. It is the perfect time for us to acknowledge to God that we can't do it. We can't control life by ourselves. We need Him.
"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze." Iasaiah 43:2 (NIV)