Your Mess CAN Be God’s Miracle

What comes to mind when you think about a messy area of your life? For many people, I imagine their home or some part of it comes to mind. To them, messy means a physical, tangible display of random objects and disorganized debris. Simply put, things are not where they should be.

Which brings us to the other definition of messy—the more complicated, mental, emotional, relational and situational kind of messy. Others may not be able to see this kind of messy in your life—at least, not initially. This form of messy often dwells in shadows and secrets, in shame and subversion. When we live with sinful secrets, habits and relationships that go against what we know is right or what we know God has told us to do, then we experience distress. As the consequences of our choices play out, problems may snowball into an avalanche encompassing most areas of our lives. This kind of messy can seem harder to clean up than the tangible kind, because it requires supernatural intervention to restore not just what you have lost, but what you did not have before. Read more.