Why You Shouldn’t Edit Out All the Broken Type in Your Life

An editor’s work hours are spent correcting broken type. Polishing a piece until the ensuing words are whole and meaningful and presented in the best light possible. 

We see our lives in a similar way.  Something to be corrected and adjusted. Something to be presented as polished and meaningful. Something to be edited until it shines. 

No broken type here. No run-on sentences there. 

We attempt to edit out what we don’t like and type in what we do. Erase the pain. White-out the sorrow. Put a big red slash through our struggles.

Insert happiness–across each page, of course. Add well-being and stability. 

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Because we forget the brokenness in our lives has purpose:

• It molds our spirits to fit into God’s plan, not ours.
• It helps conform our lives to His style guide.
• It typesets us to fit on His page.

Where there is brokenness, there is also wholeness. ←Click to tweet!

Yes, some broken type needs to be edited out. But others?

Let God use it, so you can better fit on His page. 

You do not want a sacrifice, or I would give it; You are not pleased with a burnt offering. The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. God, You will not despise a broken and humbled heart” (Psalm 51:16-17).

Reflections: What’s the broken type God has allowed to remain in your life to help you fit better on His page? 

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