broken
I returned off holiday this last weekend to discover that one of the windows in my garage had broken and needed to be replaced…today I have just received the replacement for my broken phone. For most of us when we encounter something that is broken we know it means it needs to be replaced.
broken = replace
Something that is therefore labeled ‘broken’ can immediately be thought of as something where there is no hope, it just needs to be replaced. But does broken always mean we need to replace?
What about a broken society?
There has been a lot of talk over the past 6 months about our ‘broken society’, however the danger with this expression is that we immediately think that broken means that there is no hope and it needs to be replaced.
What if broken can lead us to something else…yes sometimes it means replace but surely sometimes it means restore!
broken = restore
Broken can therefore be an opportunity …
…an opportunity to restore!
To see brokenness like this means that when society is labeled as broken or where you or I can feel broken, we can have a totally different starting point, as brokenness reveals something worth restoring…
…society is worth restoring
…you and I are worth restoring
At the heart of the Christian faith is that we are broken…
…broken in our relationship with God, one another, ourselves and creation…
…but that God in His love for us wanted to restore what was broken…
…therefore God does this through His Son Jesus’ death and resurrection.
Understanding we are broken is the starting point to discovering the wholeness God has to offer.
So do we see brokenness as an opportunity…
…to play our part in revealing God’ ability to restore society and others through our actions and words?
…to be restored and to receive the wholeness God offers?
