All of us have seen signs displayed in shops and stores that
remind us that if we handle something and manage somehow to break it – then we
must buy it. Most of us would agree that
would be the right thing to do. If you
break something in the store – why should the store owner suffer the loss
because of your clumsiness? So yes – you
break it – you buy it makes a lot of sense.
But it can prove to be quite pricey, as millionaire Steve Wynn
learned. Several years ago, Wynn sold Picasso’s famous
painting, “Dream” to a fellow art collector for 139 million dollars. In showing the painting to someone in his
office just after the sale, he inadvertently poked a silver-dollar sized hole
in the canvas with his elbow. Since he
“broke it” – he released the buyer from the purchase. So in effect, he bought the painting
back. We look at that and would all
agree that it was the right thing for him to do. He broke it – so he bought it!
When I look around at our world – I see a lot of
brokenness. Broken marriages, broken
relationships, broken bodies, broken people.
And in the midst of all this brokenness, God did something totally
unexpected. He did not break anything –
yet he sent His Son to purchase a broken people for Himself. That is truly amazing. When it comes to our life – we broke it – yet God bought it! And he paid a high price in doing so! I encourage you to take a time out – right
now! Thank God for the high price He was
willing to pay for your broken life – which you broke! Praise Him for His love, His mercy and His
grace!
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