Trusting God to Shape Your Storyਨਮੂਨਾ

Day 2: When Our Cracks Show

There’s a part of us that fears being seen for who we really are, the fragile places, the inconsistencies, the cracks that spider quietly across our surface. We often work to patch ourselves up, to appear smooth and unbroken. But the truth is, no vessel makes it through the kiln of life without some stress. Some lines are inevitable. Some give way under pressure.

In the short film "Clay Has a Memory," the potter says: “If I’m going to make a piece of art that’s an expression of my soul, I have to be clean.” This isn’t about moral perfection but about integrity: an alignment between what is inside and what is outside.

Unconfessed bitterness, harbored shame, unhealed memories, these eventually work their way through the walls of our lives, sometimes as hairline cracks, sometimes as deep fractures.

But God is a master craftsman. In His hands, our cracks don’t spell ruin. They become windows for light to shine through. As Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 4:7 ESV:

“But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.”

It is precisely our frailty that reveals His glory.

What if our broken places aren’t proof of failure but invitations to deeper honesty, more profound surrender, gentler compassion for ourselves and others? Kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing pottery with gold, sees the cracks as part of the object’s history, making it more beautiful for having been broken. God does the same with us; not erasing our past but highlighting how grace holds us together.

Where have you been trying to hide your cracks? What might it mean to bring them into the light, to let God mend them in a way that doesn’t erase the story but dignifies it?

Prayer: Gentle Potter, I bring You my cracks and fractures. I am weary of hiding them. Teach me to trust Your hands to fill these spaces with something more radiant than before. Let my life speak of Your skillful restoration.