Beautifully Broken

I had a super hard time deciding what my blog title would be but eventually settled on "beautifully broken."  I have learned so much over the past years in just how broken I am in so many aspects of my life, but the beauty in my brokenness is that Jesus loves me despite my flaws and imperfections, and He does not just love me despite my flaws, He thinks my flaws are beautiful.  Because in His eyes I am His beautiful creation that He has made new, that He makes new daily.  One of the things that has been a major struggle for me is finding my worth in Christ.  I have looked for acceptance and belonging in things of this world, instead of surrendering to the fact that God's love for me is all that will ever matter in the end.  Because here is the thing, if I look for worth in myself, I will always be able to find something else that I do not like or something I would like to change.  But that is the point, it was never about loving myself at all, it has always been about surrendering my pride to Christ's grace and unconditional love.  I daily have to remember that I cannot trade my hope for eternity for the draw of immediacy.  Nothing of this world, no rejection, no ridicule, absolutely no circumstance can take the love of Jesus that has filled my heart to the point of overflowing from me, so that is what I will live my life for.  Bringing glory to Jesus who has changed my heart, healed me, and made me knew, because He can and will change your heart forever.