Five Minute Friday: Break

I was trying to be quick. Dinner guests were coming the following day and I finally remembered to dust the china cabinet. My plan was to wipe at the dust on the shelves, around the candle holders. No need to move them, I thought. Before I knew it, my hand bumped one of the holders and it tipped over.

It broke.

With an annoyed sigh, I cleaned up the shards of glass and moved the other holders to safety while I wiped the now clear shelf. I was sad that my candle holder set was now incomplete, but even more annoyed with myself. The breaking was avoidable, had I done the chore properly from the start.

Our hearts are like those fragile candle holders. When we aren’t careful, hearts can break. A careless word here; a thoughtless action there. Even unintentionally, we may ‘bump’ another person and cause heartbreak.

Unlike my unsalvageable candle holders, there is hope for the heart.

God restores.

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you. (Psalm 51:10,12 NLT)

If your heart is currently broken or if you’re the one breaking hearts, God can give you a new heart. The beauty in that is that God always gives His best. He won’t just patch up your heart, but give you something completely brand new. He also promises to restore us.

He’s the Ultimate Repairer.

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I’m linking up with Kate at her Five Minute Friday community. You’re welcome to check it out. There are some fun things happening over here.

In case you missed it earlier this week, I was invited to guest post over at Club31Women. You’re invited to read more about what I shared there: 3 Things to Do If You’re Ready for a Real Change.

Dara Shultz

Being more intentional seems like such a simple thing to do, and yet, it can be so difficult to rein in our knee-jerk reactions. With my children, especially, I need to work on this! Thanks for the reminder.
- https://sabrinajr.com/ Sabrina
  
  Oh boy, you had to bring up the children, huh? lol With those precious gifts, we need to take the utmost care because they are way more fragile than any material out there. Thanks for reading, Dara
Amy

“When we aren’t careful, hearts can break” Makes me wonder how may hearts I have broken with my careless words or actions. I pray that I learn to more careful.
- https://sabrinajr.com/ Sabrina
  
  I’m praying alongside you, Amy 😉
Karrilee Aggett

I am so thankful that He is so good at repairing us… restoring us… healing us!
- https://sabrinajr.com/ Sabrina
  
  Amen, Karrilee!
http://www.jenniferfrisbie.com/ Jennifer Frisbie

Sabrina, I loved where you took this post. How if we aren’t careful, we can be responsible for the breakage we cause. I’ve honestly never looked at it from this point of view before. But how wonderful it is for us that we do have that “ultimate repairer.”

Truly lovely words today!
- https://sabrinajr.com/ Sabrina
  
  Right Jennifer? This point only came to me as I was writing it. Sometimes we get so caught up in what happened to us that we forget that our actions, good and bad, also affect others around us. Thank you for reading
Tara Ulrich

God is the “ultimate repairer” isn’t he? God wants us to bring our own brokenness to him. Stopping by from the link-up.
- https://sabrinajr.com/ Sabrina
  
  Thanks for visiting, Tara
bluecottonmemory

I like that – “the ultimate repairer” – such hope in that! Shalom in the repairing!
- https://sabrinajr.com/ Sabrina
  
  Me too–I love the message of hope here. God never leaves us hopeless. Never!
http://jenniferllane.com amajennifer

Yes! Every time we read about Jesus healing someone in the Bible, He makes them whole again. He doesn’t do patch jobs. He IS the ultimate repairer. Thanks for this message. Even if we’ve heard it before, we need to hear it again and again. Because there is hope. I’m so glad I read your FMF!
- https://sabrinajr.com/ Sabrina
  
  Thank you for reading There’s so much we can learn from God’s work ethic.