My daughter and I were watching something recently during which the phrase, “You’re a tough cookie!” was used. My daughter, like many children, often says something profound that speaks volumes and this moment was no exception. She turned to me and said, “Yea, but even tough cookies can crumble.” Oh, my sweet child, do you know how much you just spoke to my heart! I told her she was right, as we talked about it for a few minutes. Days later, her words are still lingering with me.
“Even tough cookies can crumble”. Yes, baby girl, they can. No matter how tough we may or may not be, we all have our breaking point. We all face moments that make us want to crumble. My sweet girl knows the truth of this because life has certainly had some “crumble” moments for both of us. Life can be hard sometimes, my friend. If you’ve been around for very long, I don’t have to explain it to you because you already know the truth of these words. Life can bring a lot of crumble-worthy moments!
My friend, are you trying to hold on and be “a tough cookie”? Are you hanging by a thread today as you try to press on through the difficulties you are facing? May I tell you a secret? It’s okay to crumble. Go to Jesus; fall apart at His feet. You are safe there in His presence. Give all the pieces to Him and let Him help you. He’s not afraid of brokenness, beloved; in fact, He specializes in fixing broken hearts. “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds” Psalm 147:3.
My daughter was right. Even tough cookies crumble sometimes, and that’s okay. I love the saying, “Broken crayons still color”. Beloved, maybe you’ve gone through some tough times, maybe you’ve even crumbled a time or two, but that’s okay. He can still use you. I’ve known some beautiful, precious people that have at one point in their lives been quite broken, and God had not only brought them out of it, but He has also used them gloriously for His kingdom.
Beloved, if today you feel like crumbling or perhaps everything around you seems to be crumbling at your feet, remember this. Brokenness is not the end; quite often it is actually the beginning of something beautiful. I know because I have been there. I know what it is to sit in the ashes of your brokenness. I know what it is like to feel so shattered, so broken. And I also know what it feels like to be held by Him. I know what it feels like to behold His beauty in those moments of brokenness.
It has been in those moments, when I felt so crushed and broken that I have beheld His beauty. It has been in the darkest moments that I have found His love to shine the brightest. He has never been more beautiful to me than when He met me right there in the midst of all the broken pieces. Beloved, if you know the brokenness that I speak of, may I remind you of truth? You are not alone. You are not too broken for Him to help you. And, dear heart, you are loved more than you can imagine!
But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him. Jeremiah 18:4
Katrina Douglas
