One of the movies, our 4 year old, Reuben likes to watch is Toy Story. In the movie, the anxiety the toys have, on each birthday of their owner, is that they (especially the old and broken ones) will be replaced by new ones.

The natural tendency in humans is to replace the old and broken things they have with new and unbroken ones.

The Bible on the other hands tells us that

  • The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart (Psalm 34:18)
  • A broken and contrite heart, God will not despise (Psalm 51:17)
  • God (Jesus) is with us always (Matthew 28:20)
  • Nothing can separate us from the love of God (Romans 8:38-39)

What these verses tell us is that, unlike broken toys, our broken lives is not something that God despises and nothing can replace us from the love of God. In the story of our lives, we need not be anxious about anything, especially about being replaced. We are irreplaceable and nothing can pluck us out of God’s hands (John 10:28-29).