life is a series of beginnings and re-beginnings

"Táin Mosaic Mural" - in Dublin

a dear friend has been encouraging me to blog once again so here i am turning the mosaic toward the simple life....(or in my case - not so simple :o)
I actually wrote the post below a couple of years ago but i thought it was appropriate to return to this concept as I start a new strain of thoughts to share.....

life is a mosaic in which God uses our brokenness and the brokenness of those who intersect with our lives to create a stunning image of truth, beauty, love and victory.....who would have thought that such an image could be made with the pieces of our lives we shun? - our pain, hurt, baggage, confusion, fears, etc...but rather than push these jagged pieces aside and simply work with our "best" pieces, those which we often freely offer, He picks through all these to find the others. He refines them and redeems them and uses them to make our life truly glorifying mural that proclaims his goodness, His faithfulness...it’s so much easier to offer him our "cleaned up" self, talents, gifts, strengths, etc. that we’ve wrapped into neat little society accepted packages but these do not scream of his majesty nearly as much as a chipped and broken piece that he shines his light through allowing it to reflect off all the “imperfections” thus shining and permeating not only throughout our lives but through and onto the lives of others…this is how we impact the world….