Thinking about the spiritual insight from a hand injury I have right now from a broken blood vessel. Last week I was working on several things during a busy day and somewhere along the way the main blood vessel in the palm of my hand ruptured. It left a large pea size lump in the palm of my hand, which is really painful, keeping me from making a tight grip on anything. Every time I rub it I think of the words “broken vessel” remembering that God is the one who takes the broken vessels and reshapes them into usable tools in His hand.
The process of reshaping is not quick or easy. In fact there is a breaking down that has to happen before the building up can take place. I have encountered many people over the years who come to God with the expectation that all they want is the “building up” phase and they walk away disappointed as God touches the places in their lives that need to be “broken down” first. It is like anything else in life, you can’t build a worthy structure on top of rubble; a new foundation has to be put in place. It doesn’t come easy, quick or without cost.
It is a little bit of a “one step forward, two steps back” journey sometimes, when all we want is forward motion. Looking at the life of David and his cry to be reshaped by God in Psalm 32:12 “I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel“ NKJV. Coming to terms with our brokenness is one of the greatest points of victory, it is the turning point of the journey and it is where the new chapter of your story begins. The rebuilding starts and the formation of who we are to become takes shape.
The significant thing about it is, the more we lean into Him and the direction He brings, the greater motion comes to push us forward. It is a tension tool to make me bend in the right direction. I am inpatient for the pain to end and the discomfort to cease, but even as I am frustrated and uncomfortable, I know that change is coming. Under the skin of my palm my cells are bringing aid to the rupture and new growth is taking place out of my vision or ability to feel change. It is slow, it is steady, and it is sure.
Rubbing my palm today, thinking about change and asking God to continue His shaping process to make me a usable tool for Him.
do you have a new blog? I thought you mentioned something about your spring cleaning thoughts on a blog? these posts are about a year old. . .Hi you met me this morning at bible study. I actually got started on a couple of posts on my own family blog from the James study, your lent comments were included in my food for thought, perhaps you would like to check it out at divineyfamily.blogspot.com blessings!
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