Kintsukuroi

This week was Beyond Disabilities week at my college and so we had a variety of speakers come and talk about disabilities and how we as a Christians should address them. One of the speakers was Mike Dennehy. If you have never heard of the Dennehy family check out this video! http://vimeo.com/60221183 They are quite an inspiration!

Anyways, Mike talked about an old Japanese custom called Kintsukuroi.

There are times in all of our lives when we are broken. Sometimes it's difficult to put the pieces back together. Thankfully, it's not our job to put the pieces back together. We have our potter, our creator God, to do that and to fill in the cracks with gold. For in Christ we are a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17) and He is making all things new, including us! (Revelation 21:5)

James says that we are to consider it pure joy when we go through trials because "you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing." (James 1:2-6). I am doing my best to let steadfastness have its full effect so that my cracks can be filled with gold and I can be again be complete, lacking in nothing. I can't do it on my own strength, but thanks to God's strength, grace, and faithfulness I can again be made whole. 

Each of us is like that bowl in the picture, you can see the cracks where we broke but those cracks make us better, more beautiful. When I first started my healing process I said I couldn't wait to get back to my old self. I no longer want to be my old self! I want to be my new and improved self. God is making me into something new that He will use for the glory of His kingdom. He wants to do the same for you. So why don't you give Him a chance?