During one of our long 8-hour power outages, I moved slowly in the blackness feeling for the front door to push it shut and click the lock. Unbeknownst to me, the cat was caught between the door and the screen, and there he stayed sandwiched the whole night through {poor thing}.
I opened the door in the morning to find a frustrated feline along with the remains of a screen door scattered everywhere and a huge gaping hole proclaiming my mistake. And each day since, the gash is there announcing to me and all visitors that I need someone to come and fix it. Someone to come and pick up the pieces, fit a new screen, and fill the hole.
I am feeling a bit like that screen door. Things long held secret coming into light bring pain and leave me feeling like bits of me are scattered everywhere. I have a vast hole, and although mine is hidden away and not as easily seen, I am in need of Someone to come and fix it. I need Him to pick up the pieces and fill it.
Thankfully, that is the business He is in. Restoration.
I know that He has it all under control, that He isn’t surprised, and He makes all things new. And it is right there in that word, Restoration. I can’t be restored by striving for it, trying to fit the pieces back together, fitting in my own screen door. I can, however, be made new by resting in Him, resting in His plan for my life, resting knowing that He works ALL things together for good.
And so I rest.
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28
How about you? Are bits of you scattered everywhere and you need Him to fill the hole? Maybe you could whisper a comment and we could lift each other up in prayer to the Master Fix-it Man? Will you join me in His work of Restoration?
”He whose heart is kind beyond all measure, gives unto each day what He deems best, Lovingly it’s part of pain and pleasure, Mingling toil with peace and rest.” – Lina Sandell Linking up with Women Living Well Wednesdays!
