#365: "Shattered" by Blanca

<p>I dropped a glass casserole lid on my tile kitchen floor the other day. It shattered into a host of small pieces. I'm still finding pieces of glass here and there. There's a difference between being broken and shattered. Shattered seem so irreparable. In Blanca's song "Shattered" she reminds us that the task of putting the shattered pieces back together is not too big for God.</p> <p>Scripture offers many examples of shattered lives that God touches. We'll look at one example together this week.</p> <p>In this episode, I discuss:</p> <ul id="block-4b30bc52-3d36-4a5e-93ac-4553b1c493b6" class= "block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block is-selected is-hovered rich-text" tabindex="0" role="group" contenteditable="true" spellcheck="false" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Block: List" data-block= "4b30bc52-3d36-4a5e-93ac-4553b1c493b6" data-type="core/list" data-title="List"> <li>Taking a B.I.T.E. out of Scripture - this week's Bible Interaction Tool Exercises include: <ul> <li>Reading in context</li> <li>Make observations</li> <li>Ask questions</li> <li>Consult a map</li> <li>Remembering the people described in the Bible were real</li> <li>Consult section headings</li> <li>Read in a variety of translations</li> <li>Make a list</li> <li>Define words</li> </ul> </li> <li>The <a href= "https://awcdda5.aweberpages.com/p/b0291524-ac4a-4ae3-9c41-6824fdf07e8d"> 30 Day Music Challenge</a></li> <li>How we can comfort others because of our own experiences - 2 Corinthians 1:3-4</li> <li>The daily practice of being washed in the Word as an act of worship - Ephesians 5:26-27</li> <li>The story of the widow of Nain - Luke 7:11-17</li> <li>Asking questions like, "Soon after what?" and "Where did he come from?"</li> <li>Looking up the towns mentioned in God's Word on a map...or even Google earth (after all, they are real places, and many still exist today)</li> <li>Picturing the crowd with Jesus and the crowd with the widow</li> <li>Defining a bier while considering the funeral customs of the day</li