Alignment

Alignment

Come into alignment.

Precision cut.

One overlaid upon another.

One fits with another.

The coming together.

The pieces made whole.

The fragments of brokenness now the parts of a whole.

The contrast of the broken.

The edges of the broken.

The painful edges of the broken.

Gather up the fragments.

Hold carefully the broken pieces, lest you cut yourself.

For this is a delicate operation.

Yet there shall be alignment.

The bringing together of the pieces.

The wholeness broken.

The bread broken.

The fishes pulled apart.

Give thanks for the broken.

Thanks for the broken.

Be thankful for the broken.

For it was broken in my hands.

For I gave thanks and broke it.

For the one piece shall feed the many.

The broken passed around in many hands.

One broken piece in the hand of the broken.

The off cut, the left over, the discard, the piece without regard has value, is valuable to me.

Yet it hurts so much to touch that which is broken. I feel the blood upon my hands. The pain, the lost, the lost, the disappointment. What is there to do with all this pain?

“Every curse his blood atoned”

Prophesy wholeness, speak wholeness, carry wholeness, bring wholeness, gather up the fragments.

Is this not my handiwork in your hands?

So let your light shine before men.

Matthew 5:11-16 Blessed (happy,to be envied, andspiritually prosperous—with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of your outward conditions) are you when people revile you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things against you falsely on My account. Be glad and supremely joyful, for your reward in heaven is great (strong and intense), for in this same way people persecuted the prophets who were before you. You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste (its strength, its quality), how can its saltness be restored? It is not good for anything any longer but to be thrown out and trodden underfoot by men. You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a peck measure, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. Let your light so shine before men that they may see yourmoral excellence and your praiseworthy, noble, and good deeds andrecognize and honor and praise and glorify your Father Who is in heaven.

I was thankful and broke it.

Be thankful for the breaking.

Give thanks for the breaking.

Give thanks for the broken.

For I broke it and gave that which was broken.

It was my handiwork.

It was the work of my hands.

It was evidence of my hands at work.

This is how I work.

For I give that which is in part so that there may be fullness.

For the incomplete leads to completeness.

The missing piece leads to wholeness.

For it is difficult to consume the whole thing at once.

Better to partake of a fragment.

Better to taste a morsel than to choke on the whole thing.

For the mouthful of brokenness leads to fullness. First the taste, then the desire, then the satisfaction, then the fullness.

Oh taste and see that the Lord is goodness.

Give them a taste of my goodness.

Show them the way of goodness.

Invite them to partake of my goodness.

For it is not as it seems.

For they have no regard, without regard, yet move on regardless. Move on without regard.

Invite them to taste, invite them to partake, invite them to take part, invite them to take a part.

For if they have no desire to take part, then they will lack my fullness.

For they lack desire.

Without desire they cannot take part.

Look for their desire.

What are they hungry for?

Connection, positive connection, real collaboration, progress, engagement, return on investment.

Yet without investment there cannot be a return.

You feel what it is they lack.

Determination. There is no determination, for without a positive response their can be no positive outcome.

Test their resolve.

Would they rather go hungry or be full?

I feel like they have had a taste, but it was so bitter for them.

Look for a change of heart, anticipate a change of heart.

For this is a matter of the heart.

Why so surprised that they are broken?

Have I not placed wholeness in your hand?

Yet I am not here to rebuild their ruins!

You laugh to yourself when you wrote that one, and I am laughing with you!

Yet I am the builder. Whose house am I building?

Your vision is too small. You think of the small things, the tiny house. I think of the whole community. Many houses built by the same builder.

Let your hands be strong and hardened and get on with building the temple.