While most of the elephants in my collection are
just
“objets d’art”, some of them have actual functions. The
doorstop I commented on a couple of weeks ago is one
example. But I also have teapots,
a cookie jar, mugs, an oven mitt, a planter and a kite among others. Two of my elephants act as toothpick
holders!
If you look very carefully at the photo of the one on
the right,
you will notice cracks – yes, this elephant has been broken! Though
broken, it was saved. With a lot of
my husband’s patience, and a little bit of superglue, the fragments were
pieced
together once again to make it whole; not perfect, but whole.
What a great metaphor for how God works with our
brokenness. Just as the pieces of
my elephant were put back together – God does the same with
us…daily! My elephant toothpick
holder can still hold toothpicks but it bears the “scars” of its mishap. It is no longer perfect; but one could
say it wasn’t perfect to begin with or it would never have broken! Whatever! Certainly each of us was born
imperfect, but God’s vision for each of perfection. And we break…daily. And faithfully, if we submit, God
pieces each of together, time after time. We bear the imperfections of
our
cracks sometimes gracefully, mostly not.
I guess that’s the point of repentance. God
continues to bring wholeness in our lives. Perfection?
No, perfection is the
attribute of only Christ. But we
can look forward to the perfection promised us in eternity.
In the meantime, we face each day, broken yet whole in Christ, the “glue” that holds us together in spite of the cracks!
2 comments:
Deb's husband did a much better job on restoring the elephant than he does on restoring himself.
signed, older husband
I see anonymous is back...but my question is where did he find those elephants ???? I wonder if they came to the birthday party for our 1 year old elephant in our zoo?
BTW..I don't think older husband needs to be restored. He is fine just the way he is! I am sure Deb agrees! :-)
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