The Greatest Reinvention

March 15th, the greatest reinvention.

Have you ever thought something was ruined just to find out it could be repurposed into

a different and even better thing than you expected?

If you're a crafter or upcycler, you'll know this all too well.

For some, collecting old, broken, and by all appearances ruined things and reinventing

them into something beautiful is considered more than a pastime, it may even be a profession.

And would you believe our lives are very much like this?

Many of us have been through excruciating circumstances, or we've made devastating choices,

and we feel like we've lost our purpose, we've been broken.

But could there be a better purpose through our pain?

Today, Celeste is here to share with us her true story of this realization on this unshackled

daily devotional.

My father was unstable and I suffered abuse growing up not only from my father, but also from

an older brother.

Mother never seemed to even like me so I couldn't go to her with my problems.

I graduated from high school two months pregnant and my parents forced me to get an abortion.

In college, I heard about Jesus the Messiah who died for our sins, and I gave my life

to him.

My parents were indifferent to my choice because God was not important to them.

I married a wonderful caring Christian and we had a son.

I grew in faith and began working for a prison ministry.

That's when the abuse in my past bubbled to the surface.

After I went into group therapy, I confronted my dad about the abuse.

Celeste made excuses and then finally apologized.

But he refused to come to Christ and ask forgiveness.

My older siblings didn't deny what happened but they refused to discuss the past.

Only my younger brother supported me.

In Christ, I'm able to forgive them for what happened.

I work in a prison ministry as a counselor where God is using my experience to help others

in bondage.

Speaking of God the Father, the Apostle Paul writes in Colossians 1.13.

Who have delivered us from the power of darkness and have translated us into the kingdom of

his dear Son.

Friend, God does not always keep us from the heartbreaking experiences that seem to ruin

us.

Sometimes He allows us to go through these because He wants to redeem us into something

even better, more complete, even more capable of sharing His love with others who are suffering.

As Celeste has done in her own life, God's desire in delivering us from the power of

darkness is to perform the greatest reinvention.

Will you trust in this truth today?

Unshackled, the longest running audio drama in history airs on over 3,000 radio stations

worldwide, real people, real life stories, stirring dramatic accounts of hopelessness and

the hope that changes everything.

This award-winning program grips the heart with compelling and relevant stories of transformed

lives.

Without Jesus Christ, we are all shackled by sin, by our wrong choices, disobedience and

selfish motives, but God is at work.

And the power of Christ sets us free of our bondage.

Unshackled daily devotionals are built on true life accounts and help us ponder the

application of Scripture to our lives.

Each devotional tells a dramatic testimony of transformation of a real person while addressing

a relatable issue of the human condition.

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