The Platter

When we sin, we are like a little child who walks around with a broken platter. Very often we choose to walk around lamenting the broken platter and we choose to remain in this sad state and do not cry out for help. Conversely, we choose to hide the platter and hope no one finds out that we broke it. We choose to live with the knowledge that we broke the platter and pretend that it didn't happen, but it eats away at us. There is, however, a third choice. We can choose to bring the platter to the Father and say, "I broke it, please fix it." and he will. He takes the platter and makes it whole again. Then we can take back the platter and use it joyfully to serve others.