Building Material

Building Material

I lay down my straining to fix what is broken around me, my hunger for something more perfect than I can produce. I sit with the shards of my very imperfect life, surer than ever that the pieces simply cannot be put back together again—at least not in the same way as before.

Elisa Morgan

Learn to appreciate your journey, even though the route isn’t exactly what you would have mapped. You’ve wanted happy endings—and fewer problems, so the puzzle pieces of your life would snap together flawlessly—but that’s not My plan at this time. I take the things that look broken and wrecked and arrange them in a pattern that is much more exquisite than the predictable, more “perfect” picture you had in mind. My masterpiece exudes individuality, creativity, and transformation.

As you review your imperfect life, ask Me to reveal a different kind of beauty—the kind in which uniqueness and redemption are refreshing and invigorating. The story of your life inspires others not because it is unblemished, but because it radiates the authenticity of pain, struggle, forgiveness, and unexpected joy. When you accepted the invitation to join Me on this journey, you didn’t know where the path would lead—but you said yes. I’m taking the pieces of your life and building a work of art.

This is the kind of life you’ve been invited into, the kind of life Christ lived. He suffered everything that came his way so you would know that it could be done, and also know how to do it, step-by-step.

1 Peter 2:21, MSG