We
are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
- 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 (NIV)
Saturday night, my husband and I took the grandkids to the
demolition derby for the very first time. We came prepared — fair food plans
already mapped out, little “Mickey Mouse” headphones packed to help with the
noise, and enough excitement to fill the whole grandstand.
If you’ve ever been to a demolition derby, you know it’s organized chaos. Engines roaring. Metal crunching. Car parts flying. Drivers intentionally smashing into each other until only one vehicle is left moving. Between heats there was amateur wrestling that felt straight out of WWE, and honestly, the whole thing was loud, wild, and hilarious.
My granddaughter and I picked our favorite cars each round and cheered like crazy for them. Of course, our picks didn’t win most of the time (ok, ours did not win at all). By the end of the night, the cars that started shiny and whole were completely wrecked. Bent frames. Blown engines. Crumpled doors. Those cars will never be the same again.
On the drive home, I kept thinking about how life can feel a little like that sometimes. We get hit from all sides — disappointment, stress, grief, bad choices, heartbreak, exhaustion. Sometimes we even participate in our own destruction by carrying things we were never meant to hold onto.
The difference is this: when a demolition derby car is destroyed, it usually ends up in a scrapyard. But when we are broken, God doesn’t throw us away. He restores. He rebuilds. He heals what looks beyond repair.
Maybe today you feel dented up by life. Maybe your spirit feels crushed under the weight of everything happening around you. Friend, God is still in the business of restoration. What feels ruined to you is not ruined to Him.
And unlike those derby cars… through Him, we really can become new again.
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Daily Inspiration from the Bible
- 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 (NIV)
If you’ve ever been to a demolition derby, you know it’s organized chaos. Engines roaring. Metal crunching. Car parts flying. Drivers intentionally smashing into each other until only one vehicle is left moving. Between heats there was amateur wrestling that felt straight out of WWE, and honestly, the whole thing was loud, wild, and hilarious.
My granddaughter and I picked our favorite cars each round and cheered like crazy for them. Of course, our picks didn’t win most of the time (ok, ours did not win at all). By the end of the night, the cars that started shiny and whole were completely wrecked. Bent frames. Blown engines. Crumpled doors. Those cars will never be the same again.
On the drive home, I kept thinking about how life can feel a little like that sometimes. We get hit from all sides — disappointment, stress, grief, bad choices, heartbreak, exhaustion. Sometimes we even participate in our own destruction by carrying things we were never meant to hold onto.
The difference is this: when a demolition derby car is destroyed, it usually ends up in a scrapyard. But when we are broken, God doesn’t throw us away. He restores. He rebuilds. He heals what looks beyond repair.
Maybe today you feel dented up by life. Maybe your spirit feels crushed under the weight of everything happening around you. Friend, God is still in the business of restoration. What feels ruined to you is not ruined to Him.
And unlike those derby cars… through Him, we really can become new again.
Daily Inspiration from the Bible
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