God's Super Glue

This time of year is absolutely awe inspiring to me. As I look out the kitchen window, I can see myriads of birds collecting all sorts of materials in which to build warm and comfortable nests in expectation of new broods of young ones. Those birds work many long hours every day for weeks just to build nests that many of them will use only once for this happy occasion. God has put an instinct within them that directs their well choreographed movements as they meticulously gather just the right materials needed to create the "perfect" home environment.

 

Too often I have seen birds work almost tirelessly on their nests for weeks to only have them destroyed when powerfully destructive storms came through. More times than not, the birds abandoned their damaged nests to begin elsewhere because they realized that their compromised nests could not be restored to their original condition. 

 

It's amazing how watching those birds collect materials brought back a flood of memories of times in Karen and my marriage when some powerfully destructive storms came through that tried to tear our home apart. The tragedy in all of this is that as the leader of our home, it was my responsibility to protect my family but instead I allowed Satan to use me to bring unhappiness into the familial home. What is most heart breaking about this is the blessed marriage that God had designed for us was almost destroyed by the person who was most responsible for protecting it.  After the storms had passed, it almost seemed like there was no hope, no way to put the broken pieces back together again. Like the birds nests that had become compromised and unable to be restored to their original condition, I felt our marriage had been damaged and was beyond repair and I had nobody to blame but myself.

 

But...

 

Although by man's standards some things are beyond repair, God has his own formula of super glue! If we are willing to submit our lives to him, stop being disobedient and give him complete control, God does more than restore our broken lives to their original condition. The new relationships he makes for us, fashioned by His plan of restoration, is better than the original. How is that possible? Well, as a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17 , KJV) we have been tested and declared a child of God—redeemed, justified, sanctified and filled with the grace and love of Christ himself. When we have been delivered from the bondage of sin, we have more to be thankful for and are more appreciative of what we have. In our marriage, when I completely submitted my life to God, my wife was willing to accept my apologies and was willing to keep going. Although I am not perfect, through God's justification I received a new standing of divinely given righteousness. In His sanctification, I received the spiritual life of Christ that changed my character and conduct which has made the journey so much better! As for our marriage, it is better than ever and I adore the wife that God has so richly blessed me with.

 

Parting thought...

 

If you need to eat a little crow and don't have a good recipe, I have a huge book that has several really good ones. I know, I have tried many of them myself.