Philippians 3:21 / New Living Translation - "He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control"
When a flower pot crashes to the floor or a vase shatters, we consider the damage in hopes that it can be repaired. What is left? Dangerously tiny shards of glass, too small to piece back together? Or simple, bulky pieces like those of a puzzle, needing only glue and patience? One thing is certain: we will work harder to fix something that has great value to us.
Just like the broken vase, we are broken vessels in need of extensive repairs. No elaborate doctoring is required, however, just the humblest of procedures. We hold out our hands and give our broken, desperate, painful, sinful, prideful selves over to the one who mends us into wholeness without a single remaining scar or crack.
How can God do this? Because he is both holy and whole, and we are his creation. We were always meant to be perfect, but sin got in the way. Now, we can only submit to the one whose healing work never leaves a scar and whose abiding love makes us whole forever.
Do you have scars of brokenness that need healing? Hold everything up to God, who fully covers everything, and in the process makes you whole.
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