Joining Lisa-Jo and the Five Minute Friday community in freewriting about the word Broken. Click the button to join in or read other freewrite entries. Confession: sometimes I edit a little. and I always forget my timer.
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Broken.
That’s me.
But I’ve learned to embrace this brokenness.
How can I not? It’s here among the pieces where I see God working. He selects these shards of mine made clean by tears mixed with His blood. Places them into the design of my life.
How can He make something beautiful from something shattered?
Then I look at His hands, and I see it. Bruised. Battered. Broken.
Like me.
For me.
The Artist works-fragments of self fitting together in Him. A masterpiece in progress.
As I am.
A work of art that will culminate at life’s closing.
Beauty from ashes. A butterfly from a cocoon. A mosaic from the broken.
Stop.
EJ Reading says
This is beautiful. I’m so glad I came over from Lisa-Jo’s you write so beautifully.
I’ve been thinking a lot the past few weeks on how God uses our broken, our ashes, our pain to create something amazing – it’s truly the biggest miracle of them all.
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Audra Marie says
Thanks so much for visiting. Yes, it is such a miracle what He can do with what most would walk away from.
Lisha Epperson says
Thought I’d repay the visit and glad I did…ahh yes…my heart beats with yours. “beauty from something shattered”…have a blessed weekend!
Audra Marie says
Thanks for coming by my blog, Lisha. 🙂
Jenn says
Hi. Great post.
You asked how I create the sidebar on my blog? I blog with WordPress and use a premium theme “Watson”. Just went with it recently. I love the features it has, that sidebar being one of them. Watson is for showcasing writing.
Thanks, Jenn
Audra Marie says
Thanks, Jenn. I’ll have to see if there is a way to add something like that to my sidebar. 🙂
Tamika says
I really appreciated your post. It was beautiful. Happy Easter!
Audra Marie says
Thank you, and I hope you had a wonderful Easter. We spent the day packing for a trip, but still together on Easter. 🙂 And thank you for visiting. 🙂
Sarah McBride says
I admit I edit a little sometimes and always go over five minutes, too. Lol 😀 Great post! I love the part about looking at His hands – so true, and so something we don’t think of often enough. I also really like the picture you chose for it. As I was reading some others I was picturing a mosaic 🙂
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Audra Marie says
I try not to edit, but it’s how I write lol. Thanks for your sweet comment, and for stopping by. 🙂