When I go out to eat and the server brings back the drink I ordered, usually I notice a clean or dirty glass, and in most cases, I notice if a glass is cracked or not. If the glass is cracked, I simply ask for a new one, and without hesitation, the server fulfills my request. It is safe to say that most people would react in a similar manner. It is not rude, it is simply the fact that the crack in the glass could easily expand and the whole glass would shatter and we would be left with a mess.

Here's what we don't understand about this crack and the mess.

The crack in the glass is equivalent to a "crack" in our lives. It can be seen as a piece of us that is broken. What we don't realize is that the broken part of us is NOT bad. Being broken can be so amazing. It can lead to so much love, understanding, and healing. Being broken can lead to so much faith, strength, and endurance. What we do realize is that being broken can be a mess, and if that crack in our life expands, we can become an even larger mess. We get scared people won't love us if we break. We are worried that others won't understand. We live in fear that we have to hide the brokenness we feel because we don't want to cause a mess for other people.

Guess what?! That mess is SO beautiful.

It sounds weird, I know, but being broken is so beautiful. It means you are alive, you have a story, and you can change a life. Being broken does not single you out and it does not make you any less of a person than anyone else. Being broken means you are human. Being broken means you have made mistakes, let hope fail, had a crushed soul, and felt the weight of the world. When you are too weak to carry on, let redemption win. The struggle will end and the weight will flee.