Jacque Watkins

finding grace through the mud

When You’re Broken and Need Rebuilding

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The moment feels final when misfortune levels you or failure swallows you.

When guilt smothers you,

The sturdy walls of your life fall down on you,

Or fear grips you and will not let you go.

I know. Because I lived it.

And yet I’m still living to tell it … emotionally alive only because of the great love and grace of our God.

When we are broken, is when we need rebuilding. And sometimes being made whole again seems like an impossibility.

But I want to encourage you today.

For each broken part, there is hope, because of what God longs to do in and through our brokenness. 

And sometimes brokenness is the avenue He uses, in order to rebuild us to be more like Him.  [Tweet that]

Today I’m guest posting over at Christine’s place, one of my God-Sized Dream sisters, helping her wrap up her series about rebuilding the broken walls in our lives … a post for when you wonder if God rebuilds our ruins…

I’d love it if you’d join me there!

How has God rebuilt you amidst your ruins?

 

Rebuilding the Walls, hosted by Christine @livingjoel225, is a series of posts, written by a community of women, revealing the beautiful sisterhood existing among those who have gone through the fire. The journey through trials is never easy, but in this series, women speak of the hope we have when we share our pain and tell of rebuilding our walls together.

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Click HERE to join me there!

 

*Photo Credit: Kyrylo Kalugin, Flickr Creative Commons

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Comments

  2. Ceil says

    Hi Jacque! This is my first visit to your blog.

    I am a nurse too. I worked for 12 years in a busy OB/GYNE office, what a coincidence! You want to see God’s mercy in everything, so your job certainly helps you with that!

    There is hope in the brokenness, that is for sure. The cracks make a space for God to rush in and heal. I hope you feel that with him.

    Nice to meet you today!
    Ceil

  3. Jacque Watkins says

    Yes, and not only a space to heal but a window for His light to shine through! And YAY for OB…don’t you just love it? What a gift. So nice to “meet” you!

  4. Jacque Watkins says

    Thank you so much for including me Christine, and I’m so excited about what God is going to do as you continue following Him and the dreams He’s giving! xo