Many people struggle to fully understand the power and purpose of the Holy Spirit. This indispensable part of the trinity is oftentimes overlooked because we don’t understand how to apply this gift from God to our life. To some the Holy Spirit may seem trivial or just an empty promise reserved for an exclusive group of people.
View your life as multiple pieces of glass placed in an orderly fashion on a table. A coffee cup represents the tangible things in your life that you have worked hard to acquire. You know you will have a nice house and toys because you have planned accordingly and have a good work ethic. If you want something in life all you have to do is work hard for it and it’s yours.
A glass bowl represents your entitlements. You choose to conduct yourself in a certain way because of your past. You have the right to act and treat people they way you do because of what you were put through. Others just don’t understand how hard you had it and what you had to overcome in life. If only they knew all the details, they would probably understand.
A plate represents your social life. You have a core group of friends that have been there, you know if you have a problem they will be there with open ears. We also have acquaintances; the people we always greet with a smile but don’t really care to scratch the superficial level of friendship we have with them. We often times turn in to a chameleon depending on who we are with.
A tall drinking glass represents our guilty pleasures in life. The things we take part in knowing we probably shouldn’t. The relationships we stay in knowing that they are not healthy or beneficial but feel so good in brief moments. Our control that we are not willing to give up in fear that the person you have instilled that control with will not handle it with care or with your best interest in mind. The mentality that you can flirt with the lines in life we know we shouldn’t cross believing we are too strong to actually slide down the slippery slopes in life.
A vase created to hold flowers are our secrets we keep. We all have them and sometimes we subconsciously choose not to share them. We feel like we’re better off if no one knows them, we fear that we won’t be loved if people really knew. We sometimes keep them because we feel dirty and ashamed and just don’t want to be judged.
So you now have all of this glass on your table then something called life happens in the form of a hammer. The things you counted on always being there are long gone because of unforeseen circumstances out of your control. A friend stabs you in the back and you no longer feel preferred. You ask yourself, are you friends with the people you surround yourself with because of your history you have or because they are true friends and show preference towards you? Your guilty pleasures have turned you into someone you don’t recognize and don’t want to be, leaving you feeling like you’re too deep in the hole to attempt to climb out. The one secret you kept to your self is out. Your flowers are wilted because your vase can no longer hold water.
Some of the glass we can turn and fool others that they are still whole, you can keep your bowl in one piece if you give if all your energy and run in circles to create the illusion. Your guilty pleasures are small ridged pieces of glass we white knuckle not willing to give them up, knowing they cause pain and cut deep and will eventually cause an infection.
What we choose to do with our brokenness is vital. We can continue to run in circles and try to act like we can do it ourselves or we can give it to God. He truly wants all the pieces of our lives. The glass that only has a small crack and the pieces that are unrecognizably shattered. If you choose to trust that God can handle all problems knowing that you are never too dirty or broken God will take all the pieces and transform you in to something better then you were before the brokenness. He will transform your life in to a strong mosaic piece using all of your broken glass. He is now the glue that holds you together. God will then place a candle in the mosaic vase allowing you to shine and reach places you never thought were possible. You will also be able to experience God in new ways.
You don’t have to be perfect to give it to God, if that was true no one would. If you’re having a hard time giving aspects of your life to God or are struggling in what you believe in I challenge you to write him a letter. You can write whatever you want, verbalize your struggles, fears and things you don’t want to let go of. You can then burn your letter eliminating anyone else’s eyes from reading it. Be honest and raw knowing you have nothing to lose.
