When Pretty Things Get Broken - Joni Eareckson Tada

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When Pretty Things Get Broken - Joni Eareckson Tada

I have a piece of China, a pretty porcelain vase—
It holds such lovely flowers; captures everybody’s gaze.
But fragile things do slip and fall, as everybody knows.
And when my days came crashing down,
My tears began to flow.
But don’t we all cry when pretty things get broken?
Don’t we all sigh at such an awful loss?
But Jesus will dry your tears, as He has spoken;
‘Cause He was the one broken on the cross.
My life was just like China, a lovely thing to me;
It was full of porcelain promises of all that I might be.
But fragile things do slip and fall as everybody knows.
And when my life came crashing down,
My tears began to flow.
But don’t we all cry when pretty things get broken?
Don’t we all sigh at such an awful loss?
But Jesus will dry your tears, as he has spoken
‘Cause he was the one broken on the cross.
Jesus is no porcelain Prince, His promises won’t break.
His holy word holds fast and sure, His love,
no one can shake.
So if your life is shattered by sorrow, pain, or sin—His
healing love will reach right down and make
you whole again.
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