Broken

"It takes broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain, broken grain to give bread, broken bread to give strength. It takes the broken alabaster box that gives forth perfume...it is Peter, weeping bitterly, who returns to greater power than ever."

-Vance Havner-

 

 

I think that it is amazing that Heavenly Father can take us when we feel broken and make something more. He teaches us what we need to do to become better and especially to return to live with him. I have seen that more and more as a missionary. He can't use us if we aren't willing to turn to him and to sometimes be a little broken before he turns us into something much better. I think of Peter when he denies knowing the Savior three times just as Christ prophesied. He weeps bitterly when he realizes what he has done but uses that as a learning opportunity to become converted and bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to the world. Sometimes when we feel broken Heavenly Father uses that as an opportunity to teach us and show us the path that he has for us. Its funny how his path will always work out while ours often lead to dead ends. It is no surprise that he asks us to come to him with a broken heart and a contrite spirit. He can't fix something that is already whole. It is interesting to think that he takes us broken so we can be made whole through the atonement of Jesus Christ. I know that is true! I know that the Atonement provides that strength and will make us whole! Good come from broken things!