Celebrating Brokenness

Broken bone stories

Today is a day of celebration and of remembrance. But we have to start this storyline from the beginning.

We have to begin with brokenness -

WE ARE BROKEN

I am sure everyone of us has a story to tell of a time of brokenness. And at the time, there probably wasn’t much celebrating going on.

I personally have a lot of broken stories to tell. We would be here all day if you wanted to hear them all. But one thing I remember is the last broken story was a surrender cry to my Jesus.

Mended

When you see broken beyond repair I see healing beyond belief When you see wounded, I see mended You see your worst mistake But I see the price I paid You see the scars from when you fell But I see the stories they will tell You see worthless but I see priceless — Matthew West

I felt at that time Jesus could relate to me and that he could do something with me

Jeremiah 18:1–6 NLT

The Lord gave another message to Jeremiah. He said, “Go down to the potter’s shop, and I will speak to you there.” So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel. But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so he crushed it into a lump of clay again and started over. Then the Lord gave me this message: “O Israel, can I not do to you as this potter has done to his clay? As the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand.

Jeremiah 18:1–5 NSFLB

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: “Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words.” Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Jeremiah 18:1–10 NLT

The Lord gave another message to Jeremiah. He said, “Go down to the potter’s shop, and I will speak to you there.” So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel. But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so he crushed it into a lump of clay again and started over. Then the Lord gave me this message: “O Israel, can I not do to you as this potter has done to his clay? As the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand. If I announce that a certain nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed, but then that nation renounces its evil ways, I will not destroy it as I had planned. And if I announce that I will plant and build up a certain nation or kingdom, but then that nation turns to evil and refuses to obey me, I will not bless it as I said I would.

I wanted and needed Him to mend/heal my brokenness and give me worth again.

kintsukuroi

kintsukuroi - Japanese art repairing broken vessels and giving them more worth (picture)

WE ARE SCARRED

There are two stories that come to mind concerning scars

What Thomas the disciple’s experience with touching Jesus’s scars did to him

John 20:28 TPT

Then the words spilled out of his heart—“You are my Lord, and you are my God!”

John 20:25

The story of the lame man who Jesus told to stand up, pick up his mat and walk!

John 5:8 NLT

Jesus told him, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk!”

Our scar stories are our testimony - The saints were saved by the blood of the Lamb and their testimony (TO DO IT AGAIN)

Our scar stories are our testimony - The saints were saved by the blood of the Lamb and their testimony.

Revelation 12:11 NLT

And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony. And they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.

WE ARE GLORIFIED

Ephesians 1:19–20 NLT

I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms.

Ephesians 2:5–6 NLT

that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!) For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus.

Eph 2:

That same power that raised Him from the dead and glorified Him, gives us a heavenly identity! Because Holy Spirit lives in us we can have our identity in everything Jesus went through here on earth and now in the heavenlies

He was broken for our sake and can identify with our brokenness

He has scars which are His testimony of what He did for you and me

He is glorified in the heavenlies seated next to the Father… and so are we!

BROKEN VESSEL SONG - SANNA

So yes! We can celebrate our brokenness today. Because it leads us to the Healer, who leaves us with scars to tell a story (testimony - to do it again), that leads all who receive in faith, into an eternal glory like we could never fully imagine!