LEFTOVERS, SCRAPS, & BROKEN THINGS

What do you do with leftovers, scraps, and broken things?  Whatever you do--DON'T DISCARD THEM!!!   Let me give you some examples:

• My sister-in-law saves and collects small scraps of cloth--all of different sizes, shapes, textures, and colors.  Then she sews them together and makes a beautiful QUILT.
• My husband says that I'm "The Queen of Leftovers!"  I've made-up some pretty darn good casseroles out of leftovers!  It is such a waste to throw away good food.  But the way the economy is going these days, it's becoming a necessity to become more thrifty and creative with our food choices.
• Expensive mirrors were being shipped across the ocean; the ship wrecked and the mirrors were shattered.  But just when they were about to sweep up the broken pieces and toss them into the trash--some bright person (with a creative mind) saw that they could be glued together to make a beautiful mosaic wall hanging.  When the sun shone on the glass, it sparkled and displayed a whole array of various colors.

Leftovers (or should I say those that are leftout--forgotten) are valuable and are often shoved to the back of the room or simply left unnoticed.  Those who look "different" (like the various scraps of fabric) and who don't seem to fit are forced out of functions and families.  And broken shattered lives are sometimes tossed out and discarded. 

The Lord places value on the leftovers.  He sees a use for them.  No matter how BIG or how small--He saw value and a use for it.  When a huge crowd of over 5,000 came to Him and were hungry, He fed them by accepting a little boy's lunch (consisting of 2 loaves of bread and 5 fish), which was probably the family's picnic basket) and fed 5,000+!  After lunch,  He even had the disciples pick up the leftovers--12 baskets.  Can you believe that?

We're told to "think green" (and recycle)....but I say that Our Redeemer started the trend a long time ago!

People--we'll HAVE ENOUGH if we GIVE what we have to Jesus and ask Him to "recycle" or "multiply" it.  And He will "transform" it, "reshape" it and/or make "something beautiful "out of it.  He gives us "beauty for ashes!".