Broken Places can be  fixed

    That's a lovely saying on the picture to the left: that in Japan, broken objects are often repaired with gold. More than likely, it is a metaphor for healing.

   It is a good thing when we can let light - such as the golden, glittering light of gold - shine into our broken places! 

  All of us have broken places. And yet, when we heal those places, isn't it true that often they are much stronger than before they were broken? It is in the healing and recuperating and changing, that we become stronger. And to add gold to the cracks - well, that's really precious!

   We are able to begin rejoicing again when bright light flows through to the inside of our aches and pains and troubles.

    We all need to let light come in through the cracks in our lives. We don't want to exist in the shadows of broken places. Nor do we need to!

    So, take note of all the cracks that make you feel broken right now, and allow the light to shine in and fill any of those spaces you feel weakened. And feel the warmth and the strength of God's creative glow.

And the Good News is: Can you think of something that has left you broken? How will you feel if you perceive those cracks to be areas that God's light can shine through? Never forget that God is in the light, but also in the shadow places of our lives. You have the power - thanks to God's Grace - to let healing light flow into and all around your pain. You have the power to become much stronger and more thoughtful because of your hurts. Our prayer for you today is that you start to see the light coming in through the cracks in your life. And that you are blessed by all your new discoveries seen now in the light of God's daily renewal.