They say that every week a pastor wrestles over many different sermons: there is the one he writes; there is the one he actually delivers; there is the one that the people actually hear and understand; and – finally – there is the best one, which is the one he preaches to himself as he drives home on Sunday afternoon.
I feel that way after learning about Kintsugi, the Japanese art of fixing broken pottery with lacquer resin dusted or mixed with gold.
As you can see below, the broken object becomes more beautiful than the one that wasn’t broken. This would have been a perfect addition to the Broken series!
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Obviously, Kintsugi is a rich analogy for how the Lord works in us. It is all very reminiscent of 2 Corinthians 4:7, where Paul writes:
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.
Our brokenness can be where the grace and power of God comes through.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi