Broken Crayons Still Color: Based on a True Story

by David Weaver

Here he was in a familiar situation. Once again helping somebody when he himself was lost and needed help. His heart wouldn't allow him to live any other way.

"God I come to you now and ask for forgiveness for my sins. I would like to clean my slate before speaking to you, as I would never walk into your presence with dirty shoes. God I would like to ask you to protect Devin as he continues his journey on this earth. Protect him and continue to use him as you see fit Father God. You are amazing and I am so thankful Father God. Please continue to lead me and my daughter, and continue to touch Devin the way you've been touching him God. Lord I am so thankful. I am so thankful! Thank you so much! God I love you! I don’t know where I would have been if it wasn't for you! I just thank you! I'm so happy."

We all have trials and tribulations in life. It's how character is built. He'll be a different person when it's all said and done, and your character will be up for discussion at that point also."

"God… I just wanna thank you. I wanna thank you for always sending the right people into my life. I wanna thank you for always knowing what I need no matter what I said that I wanted. I just wanna thank you for your blessings and your forgiveness."

"You got a lot of confidence lil bro, but it's a lot of pain that you can't disguise with your words.

Angel?" Lika asked as she smiled at her daughter. "He was talking about how us as black people must stand together and help each other in our times of need. He said that people are afraid of helping others because they worry too much about being tricked, or hurt in the process; but that's not what we should be worried about because God is our insurance when we help from the heart."

true. All your life I want you to always remember that. Your heart is the most powerful part of your body. With that said, I also want you to protect your heart because it's also the most fragile part of your body. Do

Don't go into the relationship expecting it to be perfect, only to be let-down and angry once you all realize that y'all have work to do."

no one cloud sits over one person's house forever. Have you ever seen that happen? Have you ever seen one house with one cloud that never leaves? That doesn't happen, so you better not be the first person it happens to. Go rule the world!"

"God I wanna thank you! I wanna thank you for bringing me out of this when I thought you'd forgotten about me God. I wanna thank you for helping me when I didn't feel like I was worthy of your help.

When I felt like you'd forgotten about me, I wanna apologize and ask for forgiveness! I didn't know you were working on my life the way you'd been working! I'm so sorry for interrupting and trying to rush you! I'm so thankful God! All the hurt I've been through wasn't for nothing and it's because your mercy, grace, and excellence– your brilliance and patience… was all working on my life to help me be the servant that you want me to be God. I apologize for abusing my body, as I know it's the only one you gave me. I apologize for falling short and for being a lost black male, but I know all I have to do is follow your lead."

"Broken Crayons Still Color,"

he could understand the difference once the brightness arrived. He'd shown him betrayal and deception so that he could understand and get a full master's degree on what loyalty meant. Granted, he still have his flaws; but it was clear that Devin had opened his heart up for God to work on him in a way He never had before. He took the stuff away that had his attention, in order to make sure that all of his attention was on God.

True love is everlasting… It survived rainy days to mud puddles, runny noses to snot bubbles. Having love was one thing, but true love was another… You could always go buy another box, but broken crayons still colored.

Although I smile a lot, it's because I hide a lot from my truth.