I have written many versions of this post over the years and am feeling very called to put this out there again. Broken Crayons still work, still colour, and still write. Many would say that the tiny pieces of wax are worthless and to throw them out but this could not be farther from the truth. Broken crayons still have so much life and value to give, especially if melted down, combined with other broken piece and made into something new.
Like broken crayons, we too can get and feel very broken. Shattered and possibly even scattered in pieces. I personally, have been feeling this way for so long, but in knowing that broken crayons still write, I too know that I will be okay and God can and will use me in this state. I know His plan for me is far greater than I could ever possibly imagine for myself. Broken crayons in a scattered state actually impact more, can spread more, can impact more than they would have as a whole in one spot. In using me while I am broken, He provides hope for others that don't quite know Him like I do, that there is hope for something greater, that there is hope that in what we are going through there is a purpose.
Over the course of the past several weeks, there has just been one evil attack after another happening within the world. Evil attacks that have stripped some of the hope, while riling others up to armor up an fight a stronger battle. If we are feeling like that broken crayon and that we might not have much strength and fight left in us, we are being invited by God to kindle the fire within us, generate the spark that starts that fire. In this waiting and preparation all the broken pieces will melt down and flow together, taking shape and forming into a new stronger form, a new shape, and being given a new purpose. God always knows what He is doing and has a plan. While we do not know the plan or where it leads, we must have trust and faith.
Recently in spending some time with Isaiah 23, we directed to shift from pride and self - reliance to humility and dependence on God. When we rely on our own strength or the strength of the world, we can and will break under the pressure bestowed upon us. In humbly realizing that we and our voice is small, we need God to work on us and through us. We need to be strengthened in Him, reshaped, redirected and repurposed. While in the moments, he will still use us broken and we will still work, we can also be made new through His graces and good works. Isaiah 23 is a warning against pride and trust in worldly wealth, but also a promise that God can redeem even the spoils of the nations for His purpose. He can take what has been humbled, reduced, or even broken and still consecrate it for His glory. Just like a broken crayon, we are not thrown away when we crack, we can still "write", still be used. and sometimes even more powerfully than before.
A Word for you Today!
If you feel cracked, weak, or scattered:
- You are not useless
- You are not discarded
- You still hold color
God can use you right where you are. An if you let Him, He can also melt down the fragments of your life. combine them with the witness of others, and reshape you into something new, purposeful, and radiant.
Call to Action
Take some time today to sit with this truth: broken crayons still write.
- Pray: Offer your brokenness to God and ask Ho to consecrate it for His purposes
- Reflect: Where in your life do you feel most fragile? How might God be working through that brokenness to bless others?
- Share: Encourage someone else who is struggling with this message and remind them that they still matter, they still have value, and God is not finished with them yet
Remember: you are not defined by the pieces you have lost, but by the story God is writing through your life. Even in brokenness, you still carry Hid colours and the world so desperately needs them right now.
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