Transformed

First...

We fall apart and our pieces scatter.  

We feel like we have just been shattered.  

We grunt and moan when we clean them up.

We step on the shards get angry and curse

We painstakingly grasp at them and our fingers bleed.

We panic that we are exposed and flaws hidden are now seen.

Then...

We remember this has happened before and it will happen again.  

We say a prayer collect the scattered pieces and begin.

We match one fractured piece to another.  

We there are visible gaps left on the edges.

We expend much energy and much time trying to recreate the past.

We finally realize the microscopic pieces bring pain.

We make the choice to let them go and move on.

We sweep them into dust and toss them aside.

Finally...

We obtain FAITH which manifests into action.

We gain emotional muscles lifting foundational pieces back into place.  

We find FAITH in ourselves,

We gain FAITH in others,

We realize or remember a FAITH in something greater.

We smooth His strength into the gaps left behind. 

We allow it to cure.

We heal through His grace and become pure. 

Remember...

We will lose many pieces that we thought we couldn’t live without.

We will gain more strength that we can possibly imagine.  

We will be “hard pressed on every side, but...

We will not be crushed,

We will not abandoned;

We will be struck down, but...

We will not be destroyed.”  

We will be shifted and become crooked at times,

We may even shatter, but...

WE WILL always have the option to THRIVE through His power.