Broken by something not for something will leave you with nothing

This is a poem I heard tonight by a girl named Lacey, from City Church, US. I hope it will mean something to someone else other than me. I think it is worth sharing.

Broken by something not for something will leave you with nothing

Fallen from my designated place

My broken shards and broken heart shattered until my usefulness was erased

I felt myself falling moments before I cracked

My emptiness reminded me I wasn’t favoured, wasn’t wanted

But on the contrary exemplified my ridiculous lack

Laying in pieces on the ground as filthy as my past

I looked at every portion of my frame and knew in my depth

I was fully broken at last

Broken by something not for something will leave you with nothing

This brokenness that bound itself to my loneliness

Not being poured into but pouring out what little I had left

Always comparing myself to how full other vessels were

Despising my shallowness and yearning for their depth

Picture perfect wholeness I thought I embodied at my best

But I didn’t really know what it meant to be whole in and of myself

Broken by something not for something will leave you with nothing

See those that are broken by circumstance are fated to lie in ruins where they dwell

Seizing to fulfill the purpose for which they were created

But those that break while in the Creator’s hands

Are broken for untold glories which are little known by common man

But know this- broken things can be put back together again

Broken by something not for something will leave you with nothing

And since all things work together for the good for those who love Jesus

Wouldn’t it make sense to take your broken life and give Him the pieces?

Pieces that when pieced, by the ultimate Peace, find their place

Reveal themselves fully not dimly in a mere

Think of it as Revelation by Grace

Which allows you to face your past, your present, your future, maybe even love…

Love that will time with time will heal in you what has been wronged

Broken by something not for something will leave you with nothing

And nothing is impossible with Him who gives you strength

The One who formed you can heal your every break

Let Him break you to be broken

In brokenness He’ll make you whole

That wholeness is where I’ll end

Let His love heal your soul

And I’ll say it again

Broken by something not for something will leave you with nothing

 "The Lord does not ignore the one who is in trouble. He doesn't hide from him. He listens when the one in trouble calls out to Him." Psalm 22:24

"I will not cause pain without allowing something new to be born", says the Lord" Isaiah 66:9