Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person.
Genesis 2:7
The earth was formless, empty, begging to be filled with creation and shaped by love. From this emptiness, we were created —scattered dust, longing to become whole.
Though brokenness is part of our human nature, it is not the final word. In Jesus alone can we be made full.
When we break bread in communion, we remember not just Jesus’ physical body broken on the cross, but the body of perfection and wholeness—God Himself—who experienced suffering for our sake.
He was "pierced for our transgressions," and his wounds offer us healing.
We can trust that because of this, in His hands, our brokenness holds profound value. For God does not delight in sacrifice alone but He is actually drawn to a broken and contrite heart—a heart willing to turn to Him.
It is in this surrender that God delights and is able to turn our brokenness into wholeness.It is His joy to make us holy and whole in spirit, soul, and body.
In looking at our creation story, we remember that just as God formed us from the dust and breathed life into us, He continues to breathe His life into our brokenness. And in the same way that Jesus’ perfect body was symbolically broken for our healing, we, too, can experience wholeness through His sacrifice.
From the dust of the earth He crafted us, and in His death, He wove us whole.
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