“God loves to make the broken beautiful.”

A thought by Kyle Idleman, (2015-10-01) from his book, The End of Me: Where Real Life in the Upside-Down Ways of Jesus Begins (Kindle Location 289). David C. Cook. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title of the book to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

Now this is the key for each one of us to realize. Kyle says, “You are already broken. The Bible tells us in no uncertain terms, ‘All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God’ (Rom. 3: 23). The real question is whether we can own up to it.”

It is so easy for us to talk about those people but we are those people. Kyle says, “We are the people who ignore the hurts of others, as long as someone takes care of us. We are the people who yell at one another in the car on the way to church, then climb out with sunny smiles to demonstrate it’s all good. We are the people who think God is somehow more impressed with us because we make up our own rules and follow them. We are the people who have gone into deep debt to keep up appearances. We are the people who look down on others who are different. We are the people who take the easy way out and log on to the porn site. We are the people who work fifty-plus hours a week, trying to prove our worth. We are the people with holes punched in our walls and doors unhinged from slamming. We are the people who spend hours a day on social media, trying to convince people that our lives are better than theirs.”

Kyle continues, “So the bad news is that I’m not okay and neither are you. We’re both badly broken. Not ‘gently used,’ like the clothing requested by Goodwill. We’re ripped, torn, and ragged. Citizens of the global junk heap. The good news is that God makes the broken whole. He takes the overlooked, the undervalued, the left out, the written off, the damaged and destroyed, and then he does what only he can do. God loves to make the broken beautiful.”

Look at Isaiah 53: 5, “But he was wounded for the wrong we did; he was crushed for the evil we did. The punishment, which made us well, was given to him, and we are healed because of his wounds.” (NCV)

Just let him have your brokenness. Just be honest with him and with yourself. Confess that you are broken to him. Remember, “The punishment, which made us well, was given to him, and we are healed because of his wounds.” “God loves to make the broken beautiful.”

So where are you broken?

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