We live in a broken and sinful world. There are many people in our world today that feel broken. Many have experienced broken relationships and broken hearts. There are a lot of troubling things going on in our world these days. There is a lot of uncertainty that is for sure. We are not sure what the immediate future holds for us, but we believers in Christ Jesus have a wonderful hope in our Lord and the wonderful promise of Heaven awaiting us in the future. Heaven only awaits those who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ and His payment for our sins on the Cross.
We have all sinned and we have all fallen short of God's glory. We are all born into this world with our hearts bent away from God. Our relationship with God is broken and it has to be reconciled and restored. God made a way for reconciliation and restoration of that relationship by sending His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to live a perfect and sinless life. Jesus went obediently to the Cross where He shed His blood for our sins past, present, and future. Everyone who repents of their sins and receives Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior will be saved.
When we receive Christ as Savior we are reconciled back into a right relationship with God. We are commanded to love God with all of our hearts, minds, bodies, and souls. We are also to love our neighbor as ourselves. The Lord can help us mend the broken relationships with others as well. It may not be easy and sometimes it may not be possible in some cases, but the Lord will grant us the wisdom and direction we ought to take is we just ask Him in prayer and allow the Holy Spirit to guide us while studying what God's Word says about our situation.
I had an experience last night that reminded me of brokenness. I found a rather large wasp in my bathroom last night. I really don't like wasp. I went and got myself a fly swatter and tried to get rid of it, but I kept missing it. The more it buzzed around and flew toward me the more my adrenalin pumped. I was determined to get rid of that wasp so I swung the swatter with all of my might and the swatter made contact with one of the light bulbs that were over me mirror. Apparently I am stronger than I give myself credit for because that bulb shattered in a billion little pieces of glass all over my bathroom. It was totally broken and everything was in disarray. I felt bad. I cleaned up the broken pieces and I was reminded of how God cleans up the broken pieces of our hearts and our lives when we let Him do His work in us through the Holy Spirit.
I ended up finding a replacement for the bulb and I cleaned the bathroom. Everything has been restored and no one could tell from looking at the bathroom now that anything had taken place. Our God is a God of restoration as well. He will clean up the broken pieces of our lives and He will heal the brokenness within in us when we come to Him by faith. It won't be easy. It may hurt and may be really hard at times, but we can trust that the Lord will take care of us because He loves us and He knows what is best for us. One day we believers in Christ Jesus will enter Heaven and we will experience a wonderful complete restoration and be in God's glorious presence for all eternity. What a wonderful and awesome day that will be.
Oh, In case you were wondering. I never did find that wasp.
Lord,
Thank You for You love and mercy.
Help us to restore broken relationships if possible.
Help us to forgive those who have hurt us and have mistreated us.
Restore to us those things the enemy, the devil, has taken from us.
Grant us life to the full through our faith in You Lord Jesus.
In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen.
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