Mosaic of Love

This mosaic my sister made for me years ago reminds me of the variety of ways our God loves us. The Bible mentions that God disciplines those He loves. In Zephaniah, we read that God sings over us and quiets us. We also know God loves by healing, by listening and by challenging us to, “Go.”

There are countless examples of how God loves us and ALL of them are good. This framed mosaic depicts one of the most dramatic and most powerful demonstrations of how God loves us; He sent his only Son to die for us. As I study the mosaic, I notice that it’s made of dozens of red shards of glass. For me this is a beautiful symbol of not only all the unique ways God shows His love for us, but how we are offered an opportunity to respond every day. We can live aware of His sacrifice or we can live oblivious to it.

Every single day we are gifted with eyes to see and believe that what God did for us changes our present state of living. The mosaic signifies a choice and a decision we have to live either thirsting for and knowing God or ignoring and refusing Him. What drives this point of decision home for me are the broken pieces of glass. All things broken become whole with Him. He mends, He fixes and He fuses. And He does this because of the blood He shed.

The mosaic is on my living room wall. I’m grateful to my sister for it. I’m thankful for its message. I’m infinitely grateful to a God who loves in infinite ways.