#MasterpieceMonday - June 26th - "Broken, Building, Branding"

For many years I was employed in the legal profession.  Although I did my best to avoid some aspects of the profession, I was, from time to time, asked to assist in divorce litigation.  The Courts put a fancy spin on it and call it "Dissolution of Marriage" and cites "irreconcilable differences" and that the marriage is "irretrievably broken" to avoid getting to the root of why two people who start out ostensibly loving one another can no longer make the  journey of life together.  In Arizona, where I live, irretrievably broken means that there is NO CHANCE spouses will agree to stay married.  Ouch.  


Recently, as I was praying over and through some of the changes that have come to pass in my life these past several years, I have a new respect for the phrase "irretrievably broken."  What about other things that are irretrievably broken?  Did you ever drop a glass and see it fracture into shards that go everywhere?  That's what I envision when I see something so broken than NOTHING can put it back together.  But ya'll - we're not "some things."  We are the created of the Divine. The One true God who breathed life into us before our parents knew we existed.  There is NO irretrievably broken in HIS economy.  Promise.  Isaiah 43:19 says "See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?  I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland."  Talk about an "aha" moment reading that!!!

Over the past three years my family and many families have gone through things that left them feeling irretrievably broken.  Loss. Grief. Sadness. Worry.  Stress.  All the things! I've felt so broken myself at times and yet, the sun has come up every morning and with it, a renewed hope that God isn't finished and the story isn't over.  

Recently, I was invited to an opportunity I never would have seen in my future.  Despite the fact that I knew absolutely nothing about all it would involve, I said yes.  As a result, some really amazing people are building us a website that will be the home for our new brand, Not Old Army.  I keep pinching myself because this still seems very surreal.  Like nothing I could have imagined even a year ago.  I had no idea how, when, where all my dreams - the dreams I know God placed in my heart would come to pass.  Absolutely clueless.  Even now I still don't know how it is all gonna come together but it is.  One little shard at a time.  A way being made in the wilderness and a stream of possibility in the wasteland. 

With God ALL things are possible friend.  Promise.  Whatever you're walking through, you're NOT irretrievably broken.  The God of the promise that was the inception of your life, is the God who knows the plans He has for you.  Plans to prosper you.  Not harm you.  Give you hope.  Give you a future.  Rebuild you.  Maybe rebrand you.  And equip you - and me - to live out the divine purpose we were each uniquely created for.  

Would love for you to come along on this new journey with us.  I think it's gonna be fun! And I know - we're gonna have even MORE #masterpieceMondays to come.   WGL - A2 



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