Life is a Garden Party: Tattered Beauty

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)

To order Life Is a Garden Party, Vol III

go to CreateSpace or Amazon.

To order Life Is a Garden Party, Vol II

go to WestBow Press.