you are God's masterpiece

The following is adapted from an article taken from : www.christianity.com.

Isaiah 64:8
Yet, O LORD, You are our Father. We are the clay, You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.

Philippians 1:6
Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Your past sins do not define you. Your painful scars do not define you. Your present sufferings do not define you. They are just shards of brokenness that God will use to lovingly refine your beauty. The transformation from broken into beautiful is neither easy nor instantaneous. It demands a yielded heart and can be quite painful, but it comes with great reward. God will need your broken pieces - scars, pain, suffering, disappointments, failures. You might find it hard to hand over hurts. But difficult as it may be, it's good to hand them over and let our masterful Lord create a stunning work of beauty in you. And He's going to need all of your broken pieces to complete the restoration.

Real beauty isn't about a finished or flawless product. It can't be. It's not possible on this side of eternity to have complete beauty. Our restoration will be complete in the presence of God when we see Him face to face.

Heavenly Father, I am humbled by Your willingness to love and forgive someone like me. Please take the broken pieces of my life and don't allow me to have them back. I surrender to Your healing. Mold me and shape me into a beautiful reflection of Your glory. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

nothing can separate us from the love of God,
sockkim