The other day I was coloring with some kids at Foodnet. We got a new set of twisty, crayon/colored pencil type things. Do you know what I am talking about? Anyway, we were talking about how cool they are because never break, and even if they do they are still pointy. One of the girls said that makes her so happy because she doesn't like crayons after they lose their point or they break. It got me thinking, what is wrong with old crayons? Do they not spread color just as well as new crayons?
I think often times we treat people kind of like crayons. We like the new shiny ones and they are so much fun to play with and are pointy...:-) But then we grow up and get a little older, and we aren't as pure of a color as we once were, and we are not as pointy...although some of us become more pointy...all about perspective I guess. But the point is once we grow and get some life experience under our belt, we are often aren't as appealing to people. Especially if those life experiences leave us like a broken, mis-colored, old crayon.
The thing we forget is that even the broken, old crayons that don't look as shiny and new as the ones in the box are still crayons and they still have great potential and they can be sharpened and will color our pages just as well as the new ones. People are the same way, we all make mistakes, fall and become broken and what we need is someone to believe that we can still be useful, that just because we are broken doesn't mean that we are should be discarded.
God provides those people to us, exactly when we need it. When we are broken, God puts people that believe with us and help us find meaning again in what we are doing. But God also puts broken people in our lives for us to help, to believe in, to work with to find purpose and to work in conjunction with.
Crayons, even broken ones, color just as bright, and will color the page just as well as a new one. It might not be exactly what we thought it would be, it might not look like we thought it would when we started, but sometimes those are things are turn out the best.
God has a plan for us, and even when we are broken we still have a purpose. God doesn't throw us away when we come to him broken and used, he uses our brokenness and he puts us back together. We will never look like we did before we were broken, when we were new and shiny but we can be put back together, we can be made whole again and we can find our new purpose. Don't give up my crayon friends, you have purpose and you can be sharp and will continue to be colorful. Keep working forward, keep coloring the world for God.
I look forward to hearing from you. Have a great week.
Until next time,
~Michelle
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