Kintsugi is the practice of fixing broken ceramics with gold or some other precious metal. that is, including the precious metal in the paste that is used to repair the broken item. this not only restores the item so that it can be used for its original purposes, but it also further enhances and adds value to the piece. it makes a new piece of the old, it highlights the break rather than tries to hide it. this is sort of what God does with us, I like to think. he takes our brokenness and restores us, using his love as precious metals are used in the repair of ceramics in Kintsugi. early on I thought this was pretty cool, but as life progressed, so many breaks, so many cracks and chips, so many times I found myself being repaired. I thought myself an over broken over cracked useless creation. I don’t remember how many cracks, dents, breaks and chips I have experienced but I know that the number is very very large. and when I look inside, all I see is brokenness upon brokenness. all I feel is uselessness. but not God. he has restored me over and over again. at no time has he rejected me. each time he picks up my broken pieces and does his repairs. over and over again. so that at the stage of life I am at, I am almost completely covered in the gold. what was created by him out of dust he has transformed to beyond preciousness as he restores and recreates. I don’t like being broken or cracked or dented or chipped. it hurts, and some of these are even self-inflicted. I don’t like coming to God with my broken bits. I am ashamed that I have to come to him so often. yet each time, he restores me, adding more value, making new of the old, bringing new life and hope. could it be that he might also be turning dust to gold with you?