I may use Facebook a little too much but I swear I find the
most thought-provoking posts and memoirs. The one that stood out to me this
week was, "You can't use an egg unless it's broken." The post went on
to say how perhaps we are best used by God after we are broken. I posted this
on my own wall and some of the comments were thought-provoking.
Someone posted about an experiment that he saw as a kid.
Hold an egg in the palm of your hand and try to crack it…apparently this is
very hard to do. I Googled this to read more about it, and I guess this has
been tried a lot! One of the experimenters concluded that if you hold an egg in
an upright position, it is impossible to crack. It's very difficult, yet possible,
to crack one when holding it on its side.
A shell is made for protection. Eggshells protect life
growing inside. Seashells protect the animal inside from harm. It’s necessary, right?
At some point though, the life inside the shell has to break out to completely
fulfill its purpose. If that does not happen, it equals death.
We tend to build shells around our lives and our hearts.
Perhaps there are wounds so deep we want to encase them so as not to remember
the pain. Maybe routine and rigidity
keep us in familiarity. Staying inside the shell, our own little world,
feels safe and comfortable. I am here to tell you, you cannot grow that way.
I tend to fear 'cracking.' I don't want to be pushed out
of perceived safety. At times, life does this to us just by its nature.
Other times, choices we make cause breaks in the shell. I don't believe God
causes harm to come to us…but I do believe when it does, He uses it to help us
and those we come in contact with. Yes, we have to allow Him to do that. How
better to allow Him than to first admit we're broken? It's okay to be
shattered. Let's stop trying to hold the shell in place, or piece it back
together.
I challenge you to let the pieces of YOUR shell fall away. Continue
to grow in 2017, and let your growth be an encouragement to others. God has a
plan!!!
Jenn
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