Seeing light through the brokenness

With a 1 year old, I have the opportunity to see a lot more of the various places within the church than just the back pew. (Read: My child can get noisy; to settle her and not have to leave the church, we move around.🙂) One place we have been frequently visiting these days while in Mass are all the stained glass windows. Up close, the stained glass looks like simply broken pieces and nothing more.

Eventually, when we get back to our pew, you can see the light streaming through all the pieces. The image they all create together is so beautiful! The jagged edges define and help make the picture what it is - a piece of art. It is not simply broken glass on the wall.

Each one of us has our own brokenness - loss of a loved one, past hurts, our sins, our weaknesses, our bad habits, illness, and the list can go on and on. Regardless of whatever brokenness you have, God shines light through you and uses you to show a unique beauty. Allow God to transform those broken pieces into a masterpiece. The way God may do it in your life may be the total opposite of your family or friends. And perhaps right now, the brokenness is too fresh or too recent that you are still standing right next to it to see the whole image-and that is okay. God puts us right where we need to be.

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Dear God, 

Allow your light to shine through all our brokenness. Allow us the graces to see the beauty in ourselves and others despite the broken parts. 

In your name,

Amen.

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Simply a little pencil in God's hand,

Elizabeth

For your listening: Art in Me by Jars of Clay