“Kintsugi: The Art of Repairing Broken Things”
“Psa. 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.” (English Standard Version)
At the Hyde Park Art Show last Sunday, I encountered an intriguing word: the Japanese word kintsugi. Kintsugi is the art of using gold to repair broken things. I always thought that repairing broken things was a matter of making do, but apparently it is also one way of making art.
A personal observation: We are probably all more than a little broken. Oh, yes, I know. You have a friend who sends these wonderful, Hallmark-like Christmas newsletters that you secretly hate to receive. Her family is so together! However, maybe you don’t know your friend as well as you think you do. I say it again: We are probably all more than a little broken.
We tend to be a throwaway society. Planned obsolescence and mass production are our gods. But the true God is a God who heals those who are broken. Yes, even given your present brokenness, there is hope. Gather up the fragments of your shattered existence and place them in God’s hands. Who knows what golden beauty God can make of your brokenness?
God only knows.
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