Ephesians 2:10 NLT “For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.”

I have been learning how to create stained glass pieces. My instructor recently shared some discarded or leftover pieces of glass with our class. I decided to use these discarded pieces to create something. I turned the pieces that nobody was using or wanted into a cross made up of various colors and textures of glass.

Creating this cross of broken and discarded glass reminds me of what God has done and is doing. God takes our brokenness and turns it into something beautiful.

When we give God our brokenness, He can turn it into something beautiful. As Isaiah 61 reminds us, God takes our ashes and turns them into beauty. God exchanges our mourning for His joy. In Christ, new life is possible.

Luke 7:36-50 tells the story of a “sinful” woman who shows up uninvited to a dinner party. She comes and anoints Jesus with her tears and an alabaster jar of perfume.

This woman heard that Jesus was going to be at the party. She did not care that she was not invited. She brought her worldly treasures and her brokenness, and she laid them down at the feet of Jesus. She washed his feet with her tears. She poured out her costly perfume and anointed Christ.

She brought her brokenness to Jesus. She had a reputation as a “sinful” woman, but she leaves the feet of Jesus as a “saved” woman.

We are about to enter into Holy Week, a time when we remember how Christ’s body was broken for our sake. Christ died so that we might be made whole and holy.

What do you need to bring to the feet of Jesus today? Let go and let God.

God can turn your brokenness into something beautiful.

God can turn broken pieces into masterpieces.

Rev. Haley Hausman
Pastor of the First United Methodist Church, Kewanee

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