Broken Crayons Can Still Colour
Last night we were once again brought together for… Together. This year, however,fresh new faces filled the Lakeview Hall Chapel. The table covered with truly Canadian goodies — hot chocolate and Tim-bits — was completely surrounded as people milled around before finding a seat.
To start us off, Ashia Lennon reminded us — or introduced for the first time — what these cozy worship meetings are: “Together is to get together and grow, and then spread out and share with others so they can grow.”
But, what if you can’t grow?
What if you can’t go into the world and help others, because you are… broken?
These questions were answered throughout the evening with one simple childhood memory: broken crayons can still colour.
Emily Cortez took the stage and carried this theme on. With her talent for spoken word she told us through poetry that even though we are broken we can still be useful.
God can still use the mangled bits and pieces we are.
He does not see us for our physical and mental condition. Amazingly, when God looks at you and I, He sees the end result of what He is continually turning us into.
With that thought tumbling around in our heads, Pastor Lyle sat and talked with us about his past and the many struggles he faced that made him a broken crayon. The divorce of his parents and lack of a father figure to the untrustworthy friends that he encountered; each event broke him. Despite his brokenness, he found that even though your life is a mess, God can still make a masterpiece with it. Pastor Lyle finished his talk pointing out the greatest truth.
“Even though you are a broken crayon, it doesn’t mean that God can’t sharpen your tip.”
Up next came the particularly unique part of Together: “The Interview”. This time we saw Brian Cruz interviewing Brittany Hudson. Brian asked Brittany about how she felt God has called her. She responds by saying that God called her into His purpose. As He does everyone. Britney shared her past about a negative encounter with her next-door neighbour. She became a broken crayon. Even though she could not see it, God saw something in her that was useful to his purpose. Brittany finished by saying,
“I’m glad that God allowed me to be broken because otherwise, I wouldn’t have understood what he can do in my life.”
What we may see as a problem, God will show you how to use it as something for His glory and greater purpose. We are all broken crayons, but no matter how small or how broken, God can still use us to create a masterpiece.
Prayer always being an important part of worship, Regan Zapotichny invited us to come upfront and grab one of the broken crayons and write our own prayers on the paper covered pillars around us. As the white paper became less and less white and more red, pink, and green, Morghin Small and Julia Curtis lead us out in praising our Heavenly Father. And finally, it was time for us to go. With no more Tim-bits and our heads full of how crippled we are, but how incredible our God is, we left our seats. Until next time.
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Written by Caitlyn Brousson & Laura Domke
