Healing

Not broken or

declared defective,

or thrown on the trash pile;

not even repaired,

or replaced, or refurbished,

or recalled;

but healed is what

God has declared

we will become.

Healing with beautiful scars

and glorious stretch marks

to remind everyone,

ourselves included,

that the cuts and bruises,

cracks and crumblings

are not so much evidence

of our mistakes and failures,

as necessary entry points

and exit ports for Grace.

They are stained glass slivers

through which light

is able to shine and refract

into all the people and places

the sun has yet to reach.

© 2014 Todd Jenkins