Making Repairs

Okay, so yesterday I cracked my guitar that I was just learning how to play on for the last few weeks and needless to say, I was kind of down about it.  Now I was not playing like Jimi Hendrix or somebody like that but still, I was just getting into it and to have it gone like that was just troublesome.  So in talking with a co-worker about it, feeling that all hope was lost and that I would have to save and buy another guitar he said to me, "Maybe it can still be repaired.  As long as you still have the pieces there is a chance the strings can stand the strain of being fixed."  He then told me that the process of fixing the guitar is binding and glueing the broken part together then if it survives that then it can be restrung and play as good as the day it was made.   He says to me, "Things can be repaired."

Things can be repaired.  In a simple statement, truth was spoken.  Things can be repaired.  Broken, hearts, friendships, families, marriages, credit, dreams, a car, and the list go on, can be repaired.  What jumps out at me the most is that, as long as the two broken pieces are not damaged any further, there is hope it can be fixed.  Often times, we throw away and give up on what is broken when it can be repaired.  It will take work to put it back together but that is when we have to ask ourselves, is it worth going the through process of the strain to play beautiful music again? How many marriages, friendships, families can be saved if the two broken parts realize its worth the time and effort to be made one again?  It all can be repaired if we give it to the One who is the Creator of all things.

God can mend it back together but it will take a commitment on both sides to let it happen and as we all know, going through the process of something is not easy but when it is finished, it is worth it.  Besides, all the time and effort put into building something up the first time should be worth rebuilding right.  And with God now in the middle of it, it is sure to last (Ecclesiastes 4: 12).   So think back on relationships that have been broken and if there is still part of it that can be brought back together then go ahead.  If you have a broken heart then be assured that God can and will make it whole again.  If you think your dream is broken, pick up the part that is still there and God will send back the other part (2 Kings 6: 1-7) and you can start back up again.  Whatever it is, it can be made whole again, just trust that God is able to put it back together again.