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The Beauty in Broken Pieces

God doesn’t discard brokenness; He redeems it. Every scar, failure, and loss becomes part of His masterpiece when surrendered to Him, turning cracks into beauty and purpose.

Have you ever seen a mosaic up close?

It’s not made from smooth, polished tiles that fit perfectly together. It’s made from fragments. Jagged edges. Shattered pieces that don’t seem to belong anywhere.

But when the artist places them side by side, those broken bits form something extraordinary.

The cracks catch the light.
The colors blend into patterns.
And what once looked ruined becomes breathtaking.

What if beauty were in the brokenness?

You and I both carry broken pieces. Mistakes we made. Opportunities we lost. Hurts we didn’t deserve.

At times, those pieces feel useless.

Too sharp.
Too painful.
Too messy to be part of anything good.

But Romans 8:28 gives us this promise: “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”

In God’s hands, nothing is wasted.

What we think is ruined, He redeems.

What we see as torn, He weaves into something with purpose.

Your brokenness becomes part of His design.

In Jeremiah 18, the prophet is sent to a potter’s house. He watches as the potter deals with a shattered vessel. The broken pot would trash to us. But to the potter, it was another masterpiece waiting to be created.

The potter reshaped the clay to create something even more beautiful.

“That’s what I’ll do with my people,” God said to Jeremiah.

Here’s the paradox: the parts of your story you want to hide may be the very parts God uses to most clearly reveal His glory.

The cracks become windows. The scars become reminders of grace.

Don’t discard your broken pieces. They’ll be useful to tell the story of God’s faithfulness.

Don’t believe the lie that you’re too far gone or too fractured to matter.

Hand them to God.
Let Him arrange them, piece by piece.
And trust that He is building something more beautiful than you can imagine.

Because the mosaic of your life won’t be beautiful despite your brokenness.

It will be beautiful because of it.

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