Like many young children, I had a favorite book of nursery rhymes. I particularly remember Humpty Dumpty, pictured as a big, egg-shaped creature with a painted face and skinny arms and legs, perched happily on a wall. Then he fell and broke into countless pieces. As a child, I felt the hopelessness of the situation whenever I read that they "couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again."

Since childhood I've come to know Christ as my Savior and Lord. I've experienced Him as the great Potter, reshaping the shattered pieces of my life and the lives of others. I've had the joy of seeing many so-called hopeless drug addicts made new in Christ. As a result, I've added a line to the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme: "What all the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't do, the King could!"

Are you or someone dear to you feeling shattered and broken today? Remember, no one is hopeless and beyond God's saving help. Jesus said, "With God all things are possible" (Mt. 19:26).

When the broken pieces of life seem beyond hope of repair, don't give up. We have a King who can put people back together again.  — Joanie Yoder