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April 22, 2009
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Blessings Through Brokenness, by Kay Talley
As the shadows lengthened and the sun began to hide itself behind the
distant edges of the lake, the crowd lingered on its shore. They had
been there for some time listening to the wise words of Jesus. Surely
they were growing hungry and the opportunity to get food was some
distance away. Andrew, one of the disciples, spotted a young boy with a
small lunch (only five small barley loaves and two fish). How far would
such a meager amount go among so many?
Jesus instructed his disciples to have the crowd sit down. He took the
small loaves of bread and the fish, gave thanks for what He had, broke
the bread and made a banquet. Bread and fish in abundance! The blessing
came after the loaves were broken.
The world is filled with brokenness: broken homes, broken lives,
shattered dreams, and broken health. Sometimes we must be broken to
meet our full potential in kingdom service. We don't like to think of
experiencing great difficulties to help us grow spiritually. There are
indeed great blessings in following the statutes that have been laid
down for us, but we must realize that often the greatest blessings come
on the other side of brokenness.
We can trust God to gather us up into His loving arms and put us back
together
We might feel that there are so many scattered pieces and fragments of
our lives that we could not be "put back together." Just as the left
over pieces of bread and fish were gathered up, so can we be gathered
up and not wasted. "Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing
be wasted" (John 6:12b).
As we encounter the blessings that we receive, even through brokenness
and suffering, we can trust God to gather us up into His loving arms
and put us back together.
It has happened for me! You can view my story at hopeforlife.org or
e-mail me at ktalley@heraldoftruth.org
Are you presently experiencing a new life? God's word says, "if anyone
is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has
come!"
This new life is a free gift of God through faith in Jesus Christ. If
you want to know more about this life that only Jesus can give you,
sign up for one of our Bible courses. Wherever you are in life,
whatever you've done, you can begin again.
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* HopeForLife
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