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00:00:00 --> 00:00:03 What art can teach us about life.

00:00:04 --> 00:00:04 Tune in.

00:00:08 --> 00:00:16 Hello, and welcome to Momo 634, the daily podcast chock full of faith-filled inspiration and motivation.

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00:00:20 --> 00:00:24 Momo 634, motivational moments just for today.

00:00:39 --> 00:00:43 A number of things have been swirling around in my head,

00:00:43 --> 00:00:47 but today they coalesced into the perfect storm.

00:00:48 --> 00:00:56 Due to the day job in digital communications and social media, my phone is almost always at capacity.

00:00:57 --> 00:01:01 I finally got around to backing it up so I could delete a bunch of stuff on it,

00:01:02 --> 00:01:04 just to make room for the updates.

00:01:06 --> 00:01:08 Hoarding is a kissing cousin of OCD,

00:01:09 --> 00:01:09 I'm told,

00:01:10 --> 00:01:16 so I hang on to every conversation thread or screenshot of a book I want to read or

00:01:16 --> 00:01:18 any number of things.

00:01:19 --> 00:01:23 I have to say, that's actually come in pretty handy at times.

00:01:25 --> 00:01:31 Enter a conversation I had recently that's been buzzing around, echoing in my brain.

00:01:32 --> 00:01:37 I know several people who've experienced severe childhood trauma.

00:01:38 --> 00:01:42 One of them told me recently that they were going to look up someone who had caused

00:01:43 --> 00:01:44 them severe pain,

00:01:45 --> 00:01:49 and it wasn't even to process or seek reconciliation.

00:01:50 --> 00:01:55 As I was purging stuff off of my phone, it finally clicked for me.

00:01:56 --> 00:01:58 I've kind of been doing the same thing.

00:01:59 --> 00:02:01 I hang on to conversations that

00:02:02 --> 00:02:08 to prove things, to show I'm in the right, that I'm the better person.

00:02:09 --> 00:02:10 That's not true forgiveness.

00:02:12 --> 00:02:13 That's not moving on.

00:02:15 --> 00:02:19 While I was waiting for the phone to update, I listened to one of my playlists.

00:02:20 --> 00:02:25 One of the songs was, Just as I am, I come broken.

00:02:27 --> 00:02:28 Listen to the words of the chorus.

00:02:30 --> 00:02:33 I come broken to be mended.

00:02:34 --> 00:02:37 I come wounded to be healed.

00:02:38 --> 00:02:40 I come desperate to be rescued.

00:02:41 --> 00:02:44 I come empty to be filled.

00:02:45 --> 00:02:51 I come guilty to be pardoned by the blood of Christ the Lamb.

00:02:52 --> 00:02:55 And I'm welcomed with open arms.

00:02:56 --> 00:02:59 Praise God just as I am.

00:03:01 --> 00:03:01 Recently,

00:03:02 --> 00:03:04 we've discussed darkness versus light,

00:03:05 --> 00:03:07 the temporal versus the eternal,

00:03:07 --> 00:03:08 kindness,

00:03:08 --> 00:03:10 pouring goodness into others,

00:03:11 --> 00:03:12 regrets versus righteousness,

00:03:13 --> 00:03:14 and true delight.

00:03:16 --> 00:03:21 It's Olympic-level conditioning to transcend this world and prepare for the next.

00:03:22 --> 00:03:25 Hebrews 12 discusses this in verses 1 through 3.

00:03:27 --> 00:03:28 Therefore,

00:03:29 --> 00:03:32 since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses,

00:03:32 --> 00:03:35 let us throw off every encumbrance.

00:03:36 --> 00:03:39 and the sin that so easily entangles.

00:03:40 --> 00:03:43 And let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

00:03:45 --> 00:03:47 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus,

00:03:48 --> 00:03:50 the author and perfecter of our faith,

00:03:50 --> 00:03:54 who for the joy set before him endured the cross,

00:03:55 --> 00:03:56 scorning its shame,

00:03:56 --> 00:04:00 and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

00:04:01 --> 00:04:10 Consider him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

00:04:11 --> 00:04:15 I'm not throwing off these weights that have recently been dragging me down.

00:04:16 --> 00:04:18 I'm not the better person.

00:04:19 --> 00:04:23 I'm the one who owes the impossible debt in Matthew 18.

00:04:25 --> 00:04:28 I'm the one who was broken and now I'm mended.

00:04:30 --> 00:04:36 I desperately want everyone, including those who have wronged me, to be mended too.

00:04:38 --> 00:04:43 So I'm processing my way through all of these revelations about myself and hoping

00:04:44 --> 00:04:46 to do better and be better.

00:04:47 --> 00:04:51 Similar to the ancient Japanese art of kintsugi,

00:04:52 --> 00:04:54 broken pottery repaired with gold,

00:04:55 --> 00:04:57 to create a new beautiful piece.

00:04:58 --> 00:05:06 So too, we must take our broken pieces and shine anew for God's use and glorification.

00:05:09 --> 00:05:15 Our meme for today says, you can only experience mending if you have been broken.

00:05:16 --> 00:05:17 Embrace the healing.

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