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By Daderot via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

I’m so pleased to introduce you to my new friend, Lorna Bradley. She’s the mother of an adult son with Asperger syndrome<\/a><\/span>. She’s learned to look for beauty in the broken places. In this devotional, she explains how she finds it in cats, knick-knacks, and parenting a child with special needs.<\/em><\/p>\n

Beauty in the Broken Places<\/h3>\n

I have lived with cats my entire married life. They are naughty. Every day as my son leaves the house he calls out, \u201cCoco, don\u2019t set anything on fire.\u201d This has yet to happen, but I tell you she has the potential.<\/p>\n

I find that living with cats impacts my home d\u00e9cor. Knick-knacks need to be non-fragile, bottom heavy, or inexpensive. Preferably all three. My mother visited Spain and brought back for me a tall and delicate porcelain figurine. I\u2019ve glued it back together so often that it is more glue than porcelain at this point. Coco just looks at me all innocent. Who, me?<\/em><\/p>\n

When I was younger, imperfections used to bother me. Nicks and chips and brokenness have come to matter less. Maybe that has to do with the lessons learned over a decade or two with special needs. We all have brokenness somewhere. Maybe it\u2019s the brokenness that says, \u201cI\u2019ve lived a life. I\u2019ve taken some hard knocks. I\u2019ve come out stronger for it. The chips and nicks mean I\u2019ve been out there trying.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is a style of Japanese art work called Kintsugi. It means \u201cbeautifully broken.\u201d It is pottery that has been broken and then repaired with seams of pure gold or silver. When I see these amazing creations of beauty from brokenness I see that perfection is over-rated. The real beauty comes from the brokenness.<\/p>\n

Sometimes as a special needs parent I feel broken like that porcelain figurine. I\u2019m sure you do too sometimes. Knocked about, nicks and chips out there for everyone to see. I also know we are not alone. God walks with us on good days and bad days alike, pouring his love and grace into the broken places. Where God pours in the gold, we are made all the stronger for the journey.<\/p>\n

Loving God, fill the broken places so that your glory shines in the world for all to see. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t

But he knows where I am going.<\/em><\/p>\n

And when he tests me, I will come out as pure as gold.<\/em><\/p>\n

Job 23:10 NLT<\/em><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n

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Rev. Dr. Lorna Bradley is an ordained deacon in the United Methodist Church. In addition to developing curriculum for special needs parent support, she has led a parent support group for four years and worked in welcoming ministries for ten years. She and her husband have an adult son with Asperger\u2019s. Lorna enjoys spending time with her family, entertaining, traveling, scuba diving, and running. You can read more blogs by Lorna at specialneedsparenting.me<\/a>.<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=”4.4.2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_comments _builder_version=”4.4.2″ custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#42313A” button_bg_color=”#EBDCB2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_comments][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_sidebar _builder_version=”4.4.2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_sidebar][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.2″ use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_start=”#42313A” background_color_gradient_end=”#EBDCB2″ background_color_gradient_direction=”159deg” custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” border_width_all=”3px” border_color_all=”#1c1259″ saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.2″ width=”100%” max_width=”100%” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”25px|0px|5px|0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ module_class=”horizontal_optin_column_1″ _builder_version=”4.3.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.2″ header_text_align=”right” header_text_color=”#45107a” header_3_font=”Dancing Script|700|||||||” header_3_text_align=”center” header_3_text_color=”#B4DBC0″ header_3_font_size=”45px” custom_margin=”10px||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]

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Beauty in the Broken Places<\/h3>\nI have lived with cats my entire married life. They are naughty. Every day as my son leaves the house he calls out, \u201cCoco, don\u2019t set anything on fire.\u201d This has yet to happen, but I tell you she has the potential.\n\nI find that living with cats impacts my home d\u00e9cor. Knick-knacks need to be non-fragile, bottom heavy, or inexpensive. Preferably all three. My mother visited Spain and brought back for me a tall and delicate porcelain figurine. I\u2019ve glued it back together so often that it is more glue than porcelain at this point. Coco just looks at me all innocent. Who, me?<\/em>\n\nWhen I was younger, imperfections used to bother me. Nicks and chips and brokenness have come to matter less. Maybe that has to do with the lessons learned over a decade or two with special needs. We all have brokenness somewhere. Maybe it\u2019s the brokenness that says, \u201cI\u2019ve lived a life. I\u2019ve taken some hard knocks. I\u2019ve come out stronger for it. The chips and nicks mean I\u2019ve been out there trying.\u201d\n\nThere is a style of Japanese art work called Kintsugi. It means \u201cbeautifully broken.\u201d It is pottery that has been broken and then repaired with seams of pure gold or silver. When I see these amazing creations of beauty from brokenness I see that perfection is over-rated. The real beauty comes from the brokenness.\n\nSometimes as a special needs parent I feel broken like that porcelain figurine. I\u2019m sure you do too sometimes. Knocked about, nicks and chips out there for everyone to see. I also know we are not alone. God walks with us on good days and bad days alike, pouring his love and grace into the broken places. Where God pours in the gold, we are made all the stronger for the journey.\n

Loving God, fill the broken places so that your glory shines in the world for all to see. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n

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But he knows where I am going.<\/em><\/p>\n

And when he tests me, I will come out as pure as gold.<\/em><\/p>\n

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