Today's tattered beauty reminded me of a selection from
Life Is a Garden Party, Vol III
now available via CreateSpace or Amazon.
The
Lord can use broken people.
He
can repair damaged goods.
He
can take all your broken pieces
then
turn them into something good.
Just
by your being willing to let go
of
your anger or bitterness that grows
from
your disappointments and failures,
slanderers,
poor choices, and more.
The
Lord will mend our broken pieces together
one-by-one
until we are no longer tattered
but
not until we ask in prayer
and
tell Him the burdens we bear.
For
the Lord is the repairer of broken hearts.
He
loves you unconditionally no matter what.
The
Lord can use all of your old broken pieces
to
encourage another as their teacher.
You
are precious and your life does and will have meaning
even
though you might think it doesn’t seem worth redeeming.
Give
the Lord Jesus Christ a chance.
He’ll
give you a second chance.
The
Lord is close to the brokenhearted
and
saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Psalm
34:18
He
heals the brokenhearted
and
binds up their wounds.
Psalm
147:3
And
we know that in all things
God
works for the good
of
those who love him,
who
have been called
according
to his purpose.
Romans
8:28
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Be
sure to meditate on these verses re redeeming.
Let
God enlighten the eyes of your heart - a spiritual seeing.
Brothers,
think of what you were when you were called.
Not
many of you were wise by human standards;
not
many were influential;
not
many were of noble birth.
But
God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the
wise;
God
chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
He
chose the lowly things of this world and the despised
things –
and
the things that are not – to nullify the things that are
so
that no one may boast before him.
It
is because of him that YOU are in Christ Jesus,
that
is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.
I
Corinthians 1:26-30
Underline
God chose, and circle foolish, weak, lowly, despised.
Does
that describe you? Do any of those words describe how you feel
inside?
God
uses you and me – despite our foolishness, weaknesses, feeling
lowly or despised.
Do
you know God has a wonderful plan and purpose for you? You are
precious in His eyes.
Also
underline these words: “you are in Christ Jesus.”
To
become a believer all you need to do is confess.
That
is, believe in your heart and confess with your mouth
that
you believe Jesus is your Savior through having faith.
Now
you are in right standing before God – righteous, because Jesus
paid the penalty.
You
are holy or set apart and you are redeemed through Christ – no
longer guilty.
Not
because of what you have or haven’t done
but
because of what the Lord has already done.
Let
the Lord set you free
because
salvation is free.
Don’t
you just love that God knows us so well
that
He repeats Himself in the Bible?
God
knows we are prone to forget
so
He reminds us a lot.
Truly,
truly or verily, verily you’ll find
written
in the Bible (called the Scriptures) time after time.
So
if you didn’t catch it on the previous page,
this
page also contains advice from the OT that’s sage.
The
verse in the NT was I Corinthians 1:27-28,
stating
God chooses the foolish, the weak,
the
lowly, the despised,
instead
of the wise.
In
the Old Testament God used those in distress, in debt,
or
discontented – they became the future king’s army.
Down
through the ages and still today God uses the distressed,
the
debtors, and even the discontented in His army.
Not
necessarily the strongest, the smartest, the most perfect.
God
uses us – broken, confused, worried, fearful – as He sees fit.
If
you think you have to be perfect to serve God,
don’t
believe that lie from satan, get rid of that load.
If
God used only the perfect, He wouldn’t have chosen me
to
write these rhymes about how God faithfully teaches me.
All
those who were in distress or in debt or discontented…
I
Samuel 22:2 (NIV)
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