The Divine Exchange: Trading Your Plans for God’s Purposeಮಾದರಿ

Beauty After Breaking

When something breaks in our lives, our first instinct is usually to grab the glue. We rush to fix, patch, and polish — because brokenness feels embarrassing, doesn’t it? Especially when you’ve built a reputation for having it all together.

When my business closed, I tried to fix my life fast. I threw strategy, prayer, and spreadsheets at the problem — a well-rounded approach, I thought. But God wasn’t asking me to fix it; He was asking me to face it.

I didn’t know then that He specialises in mosaics — creating beauty from shattered pieces. Japan has an art called kintsugi, where broken pottery is repaired with gold. The cracks aren’t hidden; they’re highlighted, making the vessel more valuable than before. That’s exactly what grace does.

God didn’t erase my broken season; He redeemed it. The very story I once tried to hide became the message that now heals others. My scars became sermons. My tears turned into training for others walking the same road.

If I had never been broken, I’d have never seen beauty this way. Brokenness didn’t ruin me; it revealed Him.

Lesson
God never wastes a breaking. He turns pain into purpose and cracks into conduits for His glory. Don’t hide your scars; they’re proof that grace works. The places you’ve been broken will one day be where His light shines brightest.