Day 8: From Broken Into Beautiful
- Joni
- 1 day ago
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ONCE UPON A TIME...
there lived a little girl who was knitted together in her mother's womb.
She was fearfully and wonderfully made.
Then came
the
dot...
dot...
dots...
of life,
that followed the beautiful beginning of her story.
The moments that wounded her heart.
The words she never forgot.
The disappointments.
The hurts.
The fears.
Trying to survive,
she packed a suitcase filled with the bricks she believed would protect her.
Bricks of
REJECTION.
INSIGNIFICANCE.
INSECURITY.
One by one,
she built a castle.
A place to hide.
A place that felt safe.
It became her stronghold.
Until one day, it began to crumble.
Because it could never
DELIVER what it promised.
Lost. Alone. She wondered,
Who could rebuild my life?
Then she met
THE CARPENTER.
But not just a carpenter.
For
HE didn't begin by rebuilding her castle.
HE began by rebuilding HER.
One brick at a time.
HE exchanged her REJECTION for HIS ACCEPTANCE~
"For GOD so loved the world that HE gave HIS one and only SON, that whoever believes in HIM should not perish but have everlasting life"(John 3:16).
HE exchanged
her INSIGNIFICANCE for HIS SIGNIFICANCE~
"See what great love the FATHER has lavished on us,
that we should be called children of GOD! And that is what we are!"(1 John 3:1).
HE exchanged
her INSECURITY for HIS SECURITY
to rewrite her story to
LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER~
"I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of MY hand. MY FATHER, who has given them to ME, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of MY FATHER’s hand" (John10:28-29).Then
HE carried all those burdens to
THE CROSS.
There,
HE bore what she could never carry.
And when
HE rose from the grave,
her old stronghold no longer had the final word.
Because her SECURITY was no longer found
in the walls she had built.
It was found
in
THE ROCK~
"The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
my GOD is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold"(Psalm 18:2).
For years,
she thought life was about building her own kingdom.
Protecting herself.
Proving herself.
Holding everything together.
But then she discovered the greatest
TRUTH of all
that changed her story
and making it HIS STORY.
IT'S NOT ABOUT ME.
It never was.
It's about
THE CARPENTER.
The ONE who rebuilds broken hearts.
And that my friend is my story,
when the little girl in me
met
THE CARPENTER of my heart,
who I can not live without.
JESUS,
the ONE who exchanges our weakness for
HIS STRENGTH.
Our fear for HIS PEACE.
Our shame for HIS GRACE.
Our story for HIS STORY.
Maybe you've been building your own castle too.
Brick by brick.
Trying to find
SECURITY in something other than JESUS.
What brick are you still carrying?
Will you place it into the hands of
THE CARPENTER?
Because
HE still does what only HE can do.
HE exchanges what binds you for what sets you FREE.
From
ONCE UPON A TIME
to
HAPPILY EVER AFTER.
From
RAGS to RICHES.
Not because of what
YOU have built.
But because of what
JESUS has already FINISHED.
Because,
IT'S NOT ABOUT ME.
It's about
THE CARPENTER
who changes my story and your story
into
"GOD'S STORY"
(listen to the song below)
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