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A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Daniel Sibthorpe

Good morning

I enjoy watching the ‘Repair Shop’ on TV. The concept is simple: a person arrives at the barn with an object of great sentimental value that needs repair. An expert in furniture or fabric lovingly restores it. The show ends with a grand reveal and frequently tears, as owners are reunited with their beautifully restored, often functional, treasure.

Although I appreciate the skill of the craftspeople as they disassemble, clean, and restore each item, it’s the story behind the object that is always the key. The value is not in the object itself, but in what it represents to the owners.

I wonder if we can put ourselves in this scenario: we are God's workmanship, but often our passage through this life causes damage, frayed edges, loss of functionality, and sometimes complete malfunction.

In this context, Jesus said his mission was to seek and restore what was lost. He looks beyond our current state, finds us, and sees the person he always meant us to be, just as the craftspeople see the treasure beneath the damage.

In the repair shop, the goal is not to gloss over the bumps and scrapes of the object's life but rather to bring back functionality and maybe undo years of neglect.
The concept common to both is that your value always exceeds your damage.

So today I pray that, however we feel about our current condition, we are reminded again that we have a loving father whose desire will always be to restore us to our original condition.

Amen

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