Two years ago, on a course with 30 other young leaders, my mind wandered and I disctincly remember seeing a picture of myself madly trying to plaster over cracks.

I felt God speak.

 

Clare, you keep trying to mend the cracks that appear in your life
I hate to break it to you, but what you’re doing is futile…
They’re not just surface cracks, they are as deep as the Grand Canyon.
You’re not something that can be smoothed out.
Your experiences, hurts, joys and beautiful outlook aren’t meant to be fixed.
People don’t marvel at a mended crack in the road.
But they do at the Grand Canyon.
That enormous, deep, dangerous, beautiful canyon.
With its big stories and long history, paths at the top, river at the bottom.
Open to explore and interact with.
That’s what I want for your heart, openness for all who interact with you.
Let them down to the depths.
Let them see the heights.
Let them see how I can make broken things beautiful.

 

So to those that are weary from trying to keep up appearances…
To those that are tired of smoothing over their personality…
To those who keep trying to deny the marks their experiences have left on their soul…

Greetings from the Grand Canyon! Wish you were here.

xx