02/02/2021
BROKEN
I was in the supermarket last night and there was a lady and two
kids behind me in the LONG line.
One was a big kid, one was a toddler. The bigger one had a pack
of glow sticks and the baby was screaming for them so the Mom
opened the pack and gave him one; which stopped his tears.
He walked around with it smiling, but then the bigger boy took it
and the baby started screaming again.
Just as the Mom was about to fuss at the older child, he
CRACKED the glow sticks and handed it back to the baby.
As we walked outside at the same time, the baby noticed that
the stick was now glowing and his brother said "I had to break it
so you could get the full effect from it."
I almost ran because l could hear God saying to me, "I had to
break you to show you why I created you. You had to go through
it so you could fulfill your purpose."
That little baby was happy just swinging that "unbroken" glow
stick around in the air because he didn't understand what it was
created to do which was "glow".
There are some people who will be content just "being" but some
of us have been chosen to be "broken".
We have to get sick. We have to lose a job. We go through
divorce. We have to suffer with the disease of addiction.
We have to bury our spouse, parents, best friend, or our child
because, in those moments of desperation, God is breaking us,
but when the breaking is done, then we will be able to see the
reason for which we were created.
So, when you see us glowing just know that we have been broken
but also living our best lives.
