Then, I remembered the super glue. I could fix it! ....maybe. There was only one way to find out. I took the necklace over to my kitchen counter, opened the super glue, and stared at it. I was so scared that I would make a mess, that I would screw it up, or that I would never be able to fix it.
I finally resolved that I could always buy another and squeezed the tube. Too much glue came out. I panicked and tried to smear it around with my fingers. The necklace stuck more to the counter than itself.
I had to try several more times (after attempting to pull the pieces apart too quickly) before the glue was able to dry. Patience, I told myself. Don't jump ahead. There is time.
Eventually, the glue did dry. My necklace was repaired. I'm wearing it right now. It stands for having faith that God can fix us, if we're willing to wait.
He uses tools much different from super glue. His "glue" is much stronger. It lasts for an eternity. However, the application is done in many steps. It takes a long time. We have to be willing to wait for one step to be completed before moving on to the next or the whole thing could fall apart.
My necklace isn't perfect. It has a small white-ish lump on the left side of the chain where the glue barely holds it together, but it's holding. We may not be fixed in this life the way we want to be, but God has perfection waiting for us in heaven. We just need to have faith that he will follow through.
~Written in December 2011~
~Written in December 2011~
