I was thinking this morning about how good God is, and how every story of redemption resembles a mosaic in the making. How when we give God the shattered pieces of our story, He doesn’t just temporarily fix them or glue them back together as they were. He redeems them completely and transforms them into something beautiful and new.
This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT
The wonderful thing about a mosaic is that the broken pieces lend to the beauty. What once was shattered becomes part of something breathtaking in the hands of the Artist. Every crack, every fragment, every scar catches the light in a new way when it’s placed where it belongs.
That’s what God does with us. Through Jesus, He gathers what’s been broken and redeems it completely.
“With His own blood—not the blood of goats and calves—He entered the Most Holy Place once for all time and secured our redemption forever.” Hebrews 9:12 (NLT)
Because of Jesus, nothing in my story, nothing in your story, is wasted. The pain, the loss, the mistakes, they all become part of a masterpiece that tells the story of grace.
“And the one sitting on the throne said, ‘Look, I am making everything new!’” Revelation 21:5 (NLT)
Some pieces have not been fitted into the mosaic yet. There are empty spaces and rough edges. God’s not finished. He’s still crafting, still shaping, still redeeming every detail. The beauty isn’t just in the finished work, it’s in the hands of the Artist who never lets a single piece go to waste.
The beauty isn’t in the perfection. It’s in the redemption. The broken pieces don’t diminish our worth, they magnify His glory, when we trust them to His hand.
And when we breathe our last, the mosaic of our life will go on display. I want mine to reflect nothing but His grace and glory.
Mosaic
Virginia Higgins
(I originally posted this to my personal Facebook page, but wanted to share it here, too)
