Spring is in bloom and as much as I love to look at the flowers, when I see them, I can't help but think of the broken seeds they came from.

It took the seeds breaking for them to grow to be what God made them to be.

The same is true for you, and for me.

We can try and remain whole or we can look outside at the flowers and take a moment to...

pause. breathe. pray.

And be encouraged as we are reminded of God's goodness and how he shows us time and time again, season after season, year after year, how He can take what is broken and turn it into something beautiful.

May we bring to God whatever brokenness we are experiencing in our lives. And may we hold on to the hope He gives us and trust in His time, He too will make something beautiful from our brokenness.

With love and hope,

Shawn

The seed breaks to give us wheat. The soil breaks to give us crop, the sky breaks to give us the rain,the wheat breaks to give us bread. And the bread breaks to give us the feast… Never be afraid of being a broken thing.” - Ann Voskamp, The Broken Way