When my son walked into the room, I knew it wasn’t good. His eyes were wet and voice quivering. I hadn’t heard any ruckus before he showed up, so I was pretty sure it couldn’t be all that bad. In a whisper, he confessed that the crockpot slipped through his hands while he was washing it and cracked into two pieces in the sink. The boy was scared I might lose it, as I suspect any ten year old might feel after breaking their mom’s favorite kitchen tool.
But by the grace, it wasn’t even hard to keep my composure as I drew him in close for a reassuring hug. I thanked him for being honest, appreciating the fact that he had taken on the task on without a fuss. We decided we’d check out Amazon for a replacement, and the sound of our laughter over this “one more broken thing” in a long list of broken things in our house over the last few weeks brought the girls in to see what was going on. It was my oldest daughter’s response that turned the from silly to sacred.
Mom, I didn’t even know something broke . . .
Can you read between the lines of that statement? See, my daughter didn’t know something was broken because I didn’t pitch a fit, holler, or berate my precious boy. There was no scene happening in my home, like the ones that took place all too often when my older girls were little. There was, however, definitely something worth drawing attention too . . .
The miracle of transformation.
My older daughters remember when, whereas the twins have hardly a memory of the old me. And yet, because of the honest stories we’ve shared about life back than compared to now, even my boy knew what happened.
That’s because God changed her.
Yes, my friend, God changed me from the inside out, deactivating the ticking time bomb that used to be housed with in my heart. In the past, it would take only a minor incident, like something breaking, to set me off. That’s because of the years of guilt, shame, bitterness, and unforgiveness buried under the surface of my life — those wounds have been emptied at the cross and no longer have power to undermine the life I desire to live.
Is it time for your to empty your heart before the Lord, too?
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