Shattered
Broken
Hopeless
Pieces of me on the ground

I thought it was over
I thought I was done
I had given up all hope
I had given up completely

But the Lord said,
“You may be done,
but I’m not done yet”

He slowly picked my shattered pieces off the ground
He took them in His nail-scarred hands
He put them back together—slowly, yet tenderly
Mending and healing all the broken parts of me
Putting in pieces I didn’t know I needed
Not making a new masterpiece,
But adding on to the masterpiece He already created
Adding new HOPE to my hopelessness
Adding PEACE to my weary soul
Adding JOY where the enemy had robbed it

Day by day
Minute by minute
Second by second
The Lord is adding detail
and is picking up more shattered pieces
Refining them
Breathing His truth into me
Molding me
Shaping me
With His holy hands

Sometimes His hands bleed from my sharp pieces,
But he still picks them up and says I’m worth it
He works constantly
He works quietly, slowly, tenderly
Continuing to add pieces to the masterpiece
Adding colors and details I didn’t see
Showing me how shattered doesn’t mean completely broken,
But that it’s part of detailing the masterpiece
Showing me how what I thought were hopeless parts of me
Carry a sort of beauty only He can see

Day by day
He is showing me the beauty
In the shattered glass
Showing me the beauty
In the mess
Showing me I’m a masterpiece that’s still being detailed

He isn’t finished
He isn’t done
He keeps adding color
He keeps adding detail
Even when I feel like a mess,
He shows me how much beauty I have

He is always working
He is always adding
Always renewing
Always shaping me
With His nail-scarred hands

Not creating a new masterpiece—
No, showing me the masterpiece I am
Even when I’m done
Even when I’m weary
Even when pieces of me feel completely useless
He shows me
Tells me
How much beauty there is inside of me

I am a masterpiece
God is The Creator
The Painter
The Artist

Day by day
Minute by minute
He is showing me:
Broken isn’t broken beyond repair
Shattered isn’t shattered beyond His repair

He wants to pick up your broken pieces
He wants to show you the masterpiece inside of you
You are a masterpiece
Even when you don’t feel like one
He is still not done
His work is never done
He is adding more color,
Adding pieces that might not make sense now,
But that will later

Will you let Him pick up your broken pieces?
Will you place them in His hands?
His hands that shed blood for you?
Will you trust His timing and plan?
Even when you don’t see or understand?

You are a masterpiece
God is The Painter
He isn’t done with you
He won’t stop loving you
He won’t stop shaping you
He won’t stop picking up
your shattered, broken and seemingly hopeless pieces
and using them to create
and continue to use them in your painting
God is The Artist
You are HIS masterpiece


“For we are God’s MASTERPIECE.
He has created us anew in Christ Jesus,
so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.”
-Ephesians 2:10