Lockdown 95

Lockdown Day 95 - 29 June 2020

Today, during my weekly house cleaning session, I was once again blessed with a beautiful feather, drifting into the green room in the cold winter sunlight, landing right before my feet in the grass. It was a 'broken' feather with parts of the barbs missing. I imagine such a feather in a bird wing is a liability. And that during preening, it would have to be removed.

There's a well known saying which says, "if something's broke, fix it". In this bird's case I think the fixing lies in the preening process. But when something can't be fixed, you need to improvise and create something else, something new. Like using broken teacups to make a chandelier. Yes, a chandelier! How beautiful and totally unique this is. To make something that reflects light from something broken is truly amazing. 

While walking with my son and Roxy later today, as I watched a flock of birds go by high up in the sky, I was mesmerised as the noonday sun dotted them with shards of light, making them look like a massive chandelier in the sky. As my friend Ria always says, "When God wants you to hear something He will rub it in" to make sure you get it. 

And then it hit me. Most chandeliers hang from a ceiling. So their light reaches all the dark corners of a room. They also generate many little light-facets and evoke an "aaaahhhhh" from all who walk in. 

I don't think God wants me to build a chandelier, but I do think He is reminding me not to throw away any broken feelings, self image splinters and inferiority shards. That I should rather give it all to Him so He can construct a light generating chandelier to show me the way into the future he has for me. 

Isaiah 30:20b-21 says, "But your eyes shall see your Teacher, and your ears hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the Way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right, or whenever you turn to the left."

He is the Light that evokes adoration, the God who can make diamonds from soil and pearls from sand. So it stands to reason that He can construct something beautiful from all the 'broken' things in my life. 

Tonight I look forward to my next walk and to see what He will have in store for me. I am retiring with a million little lights in my eyes and an expectancy for what lies ahead! I accept His peace that surpasses all understanding, because He's got this.