The Unquestionable Beauty of Brokenness

This morning I decided to play with the template of one of the stanzas I composed on Valentine's Day and came up with a more cohesive poem for that stanza to fit into.

You were afraid you had become
eternally powerless,
but in truth, the power of God
continues to reside within you.

You were afraid that your past
would strangle the life out of your future,
but in truth, the power you hold
is greater than that of the past.

You were afraid that your life
had become broken beyond repair.
But do not despair.
For as you remember your true identity
as God's beloved child,
you will empower yourself
to create an extraordinary future
out of the shards of your past.

You were afraid that your soul
was too devastated
and your heart too broken
to offer anything of value.
But in truth,
the love that's freely given
from a broken heart
is more valuable than you can imagine.
In truth,
the light that emanates from a fractured soul
is a light that's cast in all directions.

Do not be afraid of your brokenness,
for there is unquestionable beauty
in your flaws and imperfections;
there is unquestionable beauty
in the pain that led you to light.

When we walk hand-in-hand
with our pain and our grief,
we eventually find our way to peace.
We must give them room to live and breathe
so that they can then transform themselves
into grace.