Sometimes things shatter, and we think there's no way to fix them. It's impossible. There are too many pieces, too much damage. It's easier to to just throw it away and get a new one.
That's fine if it's a pencil, a window, a cell phone.
Those are not, however, the only things that break. Sometimes it's a relationship. Families split apart. Nations become divided.
Those are things which cannot be so easily discarded nor replaced.
What's to be done then?
We can't ignore the problem.
You can drive with a broken windshield, but it's likely to get worse. You can place tape over a broken window in your home, but that's just temporary.
A hurting marriage will not get better with time. A broken friendship will not mend itself. It is a myth that time heals all wounds. Often the longer you let things go, the worse they get.
Most problems in life don't improve with time alone. Debt gets deeper as interest mounts. Infections worsen as bacteria multiply. Relationships grow apart as love grows dim. Rifts in nations grow deeper as perceptions are accepted as truth
Ignore what is broken, and broken it will remain.
Some things seem impossible to fix.
Broken glass can be realigned, but the cracks remain. Trust betrayed may seem irretrievably lost. In a nation at war with itself, peace appears an impossible dream.
But nothing is impossible with God.
So says Jesus in Luke 18:27. What is impossible with men is possible with God.
Men can be saved. Hearts can be healed. Nations can be united and unity can be had. Not by works of men, but by the hand of God.
Whatever you face, impossible though it may seem, know that nothing is impossible for God.
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