Our less-than-a-year-old broken vacuum sat around in the garage for months. Finally, my son and I took the bull by the horns and took it to the shop to see if it was worth fixing. In minutes the repairman told me that it was only a broken plug. He took the old one off, put a new one on and in less than 15 minutes and for only $30 it was fixed. Good as new.
Today while vacuuming with my “new” vacuum cleaner I thought to myself that it would have been a shame if we had tossed it out instead of fixing it. It will run now for a good long time. My next thought was “what if what’s wrong with you is only a broken plug?” I have a whole list of broken parts, or issues that I think are wrong with me, my weight, my anger, my mistakes, my shame….on and on. Sometimes I feel so broken that I don’t feel like I’ll ever get it right.
But I serve an AWESOME repairman. In Matthew 11:28 my Repairman says “Come to me, all you who are struggling hard and carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest.” Rest first in who He is. Rest in who I am and whose I am. Rest for the mistakes and shame of my past. Rest for today and the future.
Maybe I shouldn’t give up on myself just yet…but instead go to the Repairman, allow Him to decide what needs fixing and allow HIM to fix it. It might just be a broken plug, an easy fix.
A Beautiful Basket Case 