God's Trench Art!
"He has made everything
beautiful in its time."
Ecclesiastes 3: 11
During World War I, peasants would inspect
recent battlefields, and look for shell
casings,
spent bullets, and bomb fragments. Then they
would assemble them into items for their home.
A woman in Washington state has a large
collection of these decorative and practical
items. Her curio cabinet displays items like
salt and pepper shakers, candlesticks, and
vases made from leftover fragments of war.
For all of us, our life contains broken pieces.
Life is a battlefield. Paul told Timothy to “wage
the good warfare” (1 Timothy 1:18). None of us
escape without
incurring wounds. But God can
use these to bring glory to Himself.
He takes the fragments of pain, the scraps
of
sadness, the chunks of disappointment. In His
hands, these can become the means by which
we learn to trust Him and to comfort others.
Give the broken pieces of your life to the Lord,
and let Him create some trench art. He does all
things well, and He makes everything beautiful
in His time.
"Even though you look at parts of your life
as ugly or shameful, God can make all things
work together for your good and His glory….
The God of hope is making all things beautiful
in His time."
Karen
Whiting