I remember seeing my father giving a lot of his energy and time at repairing all kind of things that did not work anymore. As a young kid, i always wondered why he spent so much time around broken stuff trying to make them work again. I was young and for me anything that did not work as it should was only good to be thrown away, without giving it a second look or a second chance. It is funny how my father was somehow successful in making these broken things work like new.
Many years have passed now. I acquired some wisdom and realized a few things.
The first of these things is that we are all broken and all separated from God by our sins. The second phase is that Christ took our punishment on the cross and mended our relationship with God. Imagine,for a moment only, that God is like my father trying in some way to fix things. Other than getting rid of the broken stuff, He sacrificed his only Son, Jesus Christ, to repair us, to make us worthy, so that whoever accepts his Son in his heart as his savior and repents of his sins will have everlasting life.
Let's rejoice in mending every little broken thing, relationships, health or hearts even if it takes time, energy or resources that we do not have or think we have.. The Lord will bless us every time we repair something. Lets praise the Lord, for he repaired us. Amen
Eric
