Our days in life with three legs

Up early this a.m. to get started on my devotions when I saw Erin. Erin is our outdoor cat. She is the grand-daughter of the cat some one left at our house years ago. We name them all, and developedrelationships with them all...all that is except Erin.  She was a loner. Somewhere along the line she broke her paw. Since she didn't want us to love her she wouldn't let anyone near. It healed broken. She is a three legged cat: a very speedy three legged cat I might say. Last year her mother died. Suddenly she became very interested in relationships; with us, the dogs, the ducks, the pillow in the shop or the horses. She is lonely.
I watched as she limped across the yard today and it reminded me of  my life.  I have hurt myself in many ways and because I didn't want anyone to help me, I healed broken. Actually, having a broken leg has brought out other gifts in Erin just as being broken has brought out other things God wanted me to learn about in myself.
Being broken is normal...why we think normal is perfect I will never know. Jesus was perfect. He was abnormal.  I am broken. That is normal. I limp through life doing better than I might have done without being broken because I am aware of what broken means.  I am aware that God needs to be a part of my life so my limp is an asset not a liability. When I find myself doing and saying things from my broken perspective, I need to be reminded that God presence in my life restores my brokenness.  Being broken reminds me I need God. Being broken lets me look at others and realize we all are limping around on three legs...and that's normal. A relationship with Jesus Christ allows me the chance to speak with eloquence when all I do broken is stutter. A relationship with Christ allows me to fly without wings.  A relationship with Christ allows me...enables me and I am a different person.
Especially at Easter we are reminded that someone was perfect, then, broken, then made whole. Because of his sacrifice, we don't need to limp through life running away from things but let him heal and restore us to fly as Eagles and run and not grow weary.