Restored to Rejoice!

Broken things rarely bring us joy!  I have a few items I’d rather not have broken so they’re either put away or high enough so young curious hands as well as old clumsy hands do not handle them.

 

King David wrote, “Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice.” (Psalm 51:8).  Mr. Bill’s super-duper glue has mended many broken things here, but there’s been a few broken beyond repair.  The Hebrew word for "bones" is etsem, which refers to one's deepest and most inner being. David speaks of pain from a broken heart over sin, comparing it to that of a broken bone.  God’s Word shows us our brokenness but does not leave us there; the Spirit that wounds is the same Spirit that cares for our brokenness -- “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” (Psalm 147:3).  The Healer's work restores His Joy and Gladness, and by His Grace makes us to hear it once again.  Repaired things often look like … repaired things, but the forgiven and restored soul looks-feels-sounds like new -- it is truly restored to rejoice!