BROKEN To Be Made Whole

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Christian, faith, inner strength, Inspiration, Jesus Christ, Personal Growth, self renewal, Women

Five Minute Friday: BROKEN
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And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. (Luke 13:10-13 KJV)

BROKEN to be made whole.

Many experiences in life cause brokenness. These experiences flood our emotions, break our spirit, cast a shadow of darkness over our existence, and lock us down to nothingness. God did not mean for us to succumb to brokenness. For He gave His life that we might be made whole in Him.

How to pull our pieces together again is always the challenge.
It starts with recognition. A cerebral occurrence that transmits, I need God. The logos moment that God is the Giver of Life, not dread, despair and brokenness; that He is a Forgiver, and a Restorer of broken places and people.

I was broken once, actually many times, and will probably be broken again as long as I am living in this imperfect world with imperfect people. Having a knowledge of Christ and who I am in Him is what makes the difference … It is the defining factor. I now know, better than ever before, that my brokenness is an opportunity for His Masterful craftsmanship and artistry to make me whole again, so I’m just broken to be made whole.

So rest assured my Sister, my Friend,
In Him, our loving God, you and I are made completely healed, fashioned by His gentle Hand, held together by His Love, and restored to beautiful wholeness …
In Him, we are always whole because He is whole, He is unbreakable.
He, our God, is perfect, never BROKEN.

Stories, The Fabric of Our Lives

Considering this piece, a commercial idiom came to my mind, “Cotton, the fabric of our lives.”

The phenomenal Diahann Carroll in her Master Class on OWN talked about this story of her childhood that she has literally used as a crutch her entire life. It was the story of how her mother abandoned her at her aunt’s house when she was three or four years old. She is now 75 years old.

She said, “It’s a good story … it’s the broken-hearted little baby. … A mature person finds a way to let go of that, an immature person, that’s a wonderful excuse. I can live on that excuse forever.”

Through all her success and celebrity fame, she said she held onto that story because it worked. She said one of her very dearest friends in the world asked her one day, “When will you give up that story?”

Her response … “It’s been with me for a long time, it’s hard to give it up, it has worked so well, hard to give it up.”

Diahann Carroll ~ Oprah’s Master Class, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptjgRQ76_Vs

Hearing her Talk about that made me think how we take refuge in our stories, our experiences, claiming them as a reason for being or not being.

I recently read a book by Karen Gilliam Ph.D., “Finding Your Voice In A World That Needs It” (http://www.gilliam-consulting.com/New%20Release/newrelease.html). In Gilliam’s book she shares her stories and conveys to her readers that stories shape and give voice to who we are. Like the fabric of our lives, stories are a woven tapestry that gives texture to our lives. How we use them is what determines whether they take bitter root, stiffling our lives or whether they spring up like a live plant that enrich and strengthen our lives.

What story are you telling?
If it not enriching your life, if you nor others are growing from it, find a new story to tell.