Caleb Nichols is a sculptor who specializes in a
very distinctive niche: most of his art is created from broken pieces of glass.
He creates beautiful, imaginative sculptures from something that was once
crushed or shattered. The result is every piece has a strikingly unique and
distinctive look. There is nothing cookie-cutter about his work. Each piece is
an exquisite work of art.
Each one of us has broken glass in our lives.
Sometimes dreams are crushed. Hopes are dashed. Expectations are shattered.
Promises are fractured. Plans get smashed. We see broken glass. But God sees a
potential masterpiece.
Some of the greatest advances in history came
from courageous people picking up the pieces of shattered dreams and broken
spirits. Look to innovators like the Wright brothers who overcame tremendous
setbacks to create the airplane or Steve Jobs who was kicked out of the very
company he created, only to return to build it into an international icon. Or
look back to the founders of our nation who constructed this great country out
of the shattered alliance with and fractured reliance on England. Perhaps the
greatest example is the Christian Church, whose hopes were crushed as their
Messiah’s body was broken on a cross, not realizing that His brokenness would
be their ultimate salvation.
Each one of us is broken. And that is a
necessary step in fitting the pieces of our lives in place so we can
become who we were ultimately created to be. No one is exempt from experiencing
their hopes and dreams being shattered at some point or another, and probably
multiple times in their lives. We can stand there and bemoan the brokenness and
the mess, or we can pick up the pieces, give them to God, and allow Him to
create a masterpiece.
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