"Beautifully Broken"
“And He who was
seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also, he said, “Write this down for these
words are trustworthy and true.” – Revelation 21:5
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of using gold to mend broken
pottery pieces with the idea that in embracing flaws and imperfections, you can
create an even stronger, more beautiful piece of art.
I think that is a beautiful analogy of what God seeks to do
with us.
God recognizes our brokenness and he embraces us – flaws,
imperfections and all. In fact, in
example after example in the Bible, it is those we might consider “most
broken”, that God uses in unexpected and wonderful ways.
Take Paul for example.
Before he became a Christian he was known as Saul and he made it his
mission to seek out and destroy (by jailing or killing them) Christians. However, after his encounter with Christ he
became a Christian zealot, writing book after book in the Bible, traveling
extensively and ultimately being martyred to share the story of Jesus.
Or what about Moses?
He was a man with a speech impediment who even killed a man. Yet God used him to free the Israelites from
the Egyptians, and to lead a nation into the promised land.
And then there was Abraham who told two different rulers
(Pharaoh in Egypt and Abimelech in Gerar) that his wife was actually his
sister, knowing these men wanted her for their own. He did it to save his own skin – yet true to
His promise, God made Abraham the “father of many nations”…Judaism,
Christianity and Islam.
In kintsugi, broken pottery is mended with gold to create a
stronger, more beautiful piece of art.
In life, God can heal our brokenness to create an even stronger, more
beautiful human being.
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