I have a girlfriend who shared with me that she feels broken. She doesn't feel like anything is working well in her life. Her marriage is falling apart, her health is deteriorating, her children are rebelling, and her career is at an all-time low. My girlfriend is fighting hopelessness and cannot spot a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. I listened to her. I cried with her. I prayed for her. I compare my friend to a performer, who spins several plates simultaneously without one plate falling and shattering, but unfortunately, some of hers came tumbling down. When I sought the Lord for my friend, I discerned an image of Jesus picking up those broken pieces. He didn't sweep them up with a broom and throw them away, but He tenderly collected each one up by hand. And when He touched the pieces, they wondrously formed back into their original design but more perfectly. Then the Holy Spirit reminded me of the art of Kintsugi pottery.
Kintsugi, the art of resilience... This ancient technique, discovered in the fifteenth century in Japan, invites us to repair a broken object by enhancing its scars with real gold powder, instead of trying to hide them. The word <strong> Kintsugi </strong> comes from the Japanese Kin (gold) and Tsugi (join), and therefore literally means: join with gold. The art of Kintsugi is called <strong>Kintsukuroi</strong>, meaning "mending with gold". I conveyed to my friend that it's okay to have some plates spinning and some plates shattered. God is mending her broken pieces with gold. The cracked and crushed places of life will be restored. He is bringing His beauty for her ashes.
WOW
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