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I was talking to a friend today about broken people. About this crazy, messed up world we live in, with shattered souls and missing pieces. And we all are broken after all. Fragmented people, a mere dim reflection of the light we were meant to shine into this world. A pale illusion of a fractured dream.

A crack here, as we notice the obligations we have failed to fulfill. A slight break there, as we fight our own feelings of inadequacy in the face of our culture. A deep fracture on our surface, as we face the pain of a crumbling relationship. A chip once more, as we succumb to sin. We are broken. Like a glass that slips out of your hands and shatters as it hits the ground... Can we even be fixed? Is it even possible? Is it even worth a try?

We are in need. We are in want. We are desperate to fill a void with something, anything. Anything to fill in all those missing pieces. Anything to make us feel a little more whole. So we search desperately for things that are not eternal to fill us, and what a foolish plight this is. We use food, and people, and pleasures, when all we really need is to seek the One who can fill all our needs.

We need to find a little grace. And use His grace to help us share a little more joy. Because a life of grace and joy really does point to Him. How can I not thank Him for the grace He has shown me? The joy He has given me? And when I need a little help finding His grace and His joy in this world, for I am broken after all, He gives the gift that guides us. A gift to save in our hearts, like Mary, who treasured up all the words of the wise men. The Word of God, written and bound, will always help us to live out these beautiful, broken lives for a greater purpose. A greater reason. The hurt, the pain, the loss, the tears; they eventually do go away. We eventually do get to go home.

So find the joy in the brokenness. Because this too shall pass. We are blessed; beyond what we deserve. But being grateful isn't enough. We need to share the grace, the joy, the Word with others. For we are a people not called to be blessed, but called to be a blessing. And broken as we are, we can all be used to make this world a little more whole.