Isaiah 11 Advent 2 assumes we are broken and withered,
No one is healthy and whole
We are the remnant in need
and need care, the shoot comes from the stump
And glorious rest is promised at the end
Advent promises
Give everyone sick leave
medical care
housing
And mental health care
Art by Katy Stenta on Canva, feel free to use
Restoration: from the Latin seriously it actually is 😉
Restoration c.1300, “to give back,” also, “to build up again, repair,” from Old French restorer, from Latin restaurare “repair, rebuild, renew,
Katy’s Definition to simultaneously destroy and resurrect something at the same time
kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending broken pottery by filling the cracks with amalgam mixed with powdered gold, I was awestruck. Kintsugi is translated as “golden joinery,” The new, reformed whole contains both the remembrance of that which was before and also what is now – something that had been broken into pieces and is now reformed, containing the additional joining amalgam that is noticeable and traceable.
Viewing kintsugi pottery brought to mind how quickly Western culture discards the broken – broken objects, broken people, and broken relationships. We fail to see what the broken might look like if we put the resources into mending the broken.
Katy’s Synonyms Kintsugi, Restoration, (w)holistic Christianity, Shalom, Fullness, Overflowing, Give me your tired/poor/hungry, Brokenhearts, wholeness, complete, 
What a great Valentine’s Day text (love it when it works out that way!)
There is a Balm in Gilead folks!
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