Broken Things
The saying goes, “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it”, but what
if it is broken? Some things cost more to fix than they do to replace, however;
there are things that can and should be fixed. A car that has a broken part
should be fixed rather than getting rid of the car. A piece of siding on the
house that has been damaged may need to be repaired, but if all the other
siding is good you wouldn’t spend the thousands of dollars it would take to
replace a whole house of siding.
Life is similar. God
does not replace our heart, personality, or character. He chooses to deal with
us through his Word, his ministers, and His Spirit to change us, fix us, and
repair the damaged parts of our being.
David requested of the Lord to create in him a clean heart and renew
within him a right spirit. David had some damaged and broken parts of his being
but God did not cut them out and replace them with a new heart or a new spirit,
but rather He used the man of God, Nathan the prophet, to point out to him his
sin, wrong doings, and lack of understanding about the condition of his heart.
Once David recognized his sin, he allowed God to take the
pieces of his broken heart and mend them. When it was all said and done David
was known in scripture as a man after God’s own heart! When a woman’s heart has
been broken she is vulnerable to stop trusting anyone and she is at risk of
becoming so guarded that she not only shuts people out of her life but maybe God
as well.
A broken heart, marriage, or relationship can all be fixed
by the miraculous healing power of the Holy Ghost working in our life! We must
trust God with all the broken pieces, trust the Word to speak healing into our
life, and be willing to allow God’s presence to move, breath and mend the broken
pieces that only He can mend.
When God mends the broken things we can look back and see
how He healed, mended, and fixed. Because women are great at remembering the
details of what we experienced we can be great at helping that younger sister
who is facing a similar challenge by reassuring her that God will heal and
repair what has been broken if we trust him through the dark night.
-Written By Patty Holloway
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