Read Ephesians 2:1-10
Nobody's perfect.
We often seek to strive for an ideal. Fame, money, beauty, world peace. It's like a Miss America pageant.
The scriptures tell us something different. We're all broken.
We try to fill ourselves up with those ideals we think will give our lives meaning, but because we are broken, it all leaks out and leaves a big mess all over the place.
But God's grace, when we choose to believe in Him, changes the contents. No longer must we be filled with selfish pride or other vanities. Now we can be filled with His grace and His love.
We're still broken, so we will still leak, but the beauty of it is, now we're filled with something wonderful. Now we are filled with the ability to do good things. Like the container of perfume the woman broke on Jesus' feet those few days before his death, what God fills us with is wonderful and glorious. Even more miraculous is, if we let Him, he will keep filling us up so we never run out.
So, let's be broken. Let's allow the love of God and His goodness to leak out of us and make a beautiful mess all over the place.
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