break.

Have you ever had the audacity to break open a sand dollar? You know, the one that you spent hours walking up and down the beach to find? The one that's perfectly round and white and charming? To break it seems almost cruel. And for what? Nobody fawns over a half a sand dollar. No one oh's and aw's over a little piece of shell. It is wholeness that people find exquisite.

But what if what they say is true and what if there really is beauty in brokenness? What would happen if we were brave enough to redefine beauty and allow broken pieces to be found lovely as well? To see redemption in the broken pieces of our own hearts. To look for grace in the broken pieces of others lives. To seek Jesus in the broken pieces of the world.

Have you ever had the audacity to break open a sand dollar? Because if we're just brave enough to sit there long enough, among the broken pieces beauty can be found.