Mended: Pieces of a Life Made Whole

by Angie Smith

Publisher:

B&H Books

, 2012

We love to cheer for the underdog and believe to our core that every life makes a difference. And we are right. There is no one God can’t use and no one whose brokenness is too broken for God. We know this is true for our friends when we want to encourage them. Yet, when it comes to the places of our innermost sense of shame and regret, we often wonder if it is really true that God can work all things together for good for those who love Him.

Angie Smith is one who was quick to encourage a friend, but struggled to believe that God could truly make something spectacular out of her broken- ness and disappointments. Responding to God’s leading to both break and reconstruct a simple pitcher, she reflected:

It was as though God were saying, here you are, Angie. You are mended. You are filled with my Spirit, and I am asking you to pour yourself out.

"The image of my life as a broken pitcher was beautiful to me, but at the same time, it was hard to look at all of the cracks. I ran my fingers along them and told Him I wish it had been different. How I wished I had always loved Him, always obeyed Him, always sought Him the way I should. I was mad at the imperfections, years wasted, gaping holes where it should be smooth. But God, my ever-gracious God, was gentle and yet convicting as He explained.:

'My dearest Angie. How do you think the world has seen me? If it wasn’t for the cracks, I couldn’t seep out the way I do. I chose the pitcher. I chose you, just as you are.'"

Mended takes you on a journey to show how faith lived in the regular events of daily life is all that it takes to be a part of creating God’s picture of redemption in your life and those around you. Your life does make a difference—because of how He is magnified in the cracks.

Product Details

• Title: Mended: Pieces of a Life Made Whole
• Author: Angie Smith
• Publisher: B&H Books
• Print Publication Date: 2012
• Logos Release Date: 2012
• Pages: 224
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781433678318, 9781433676604, 1433676605, 1433678314
• Resource ID: LLS:9781433678318
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T09:42:14Z

About Angie Smith

Angie Smith es la esposa de Todd Smith (cantante principal del grupo Selah, galardonado con la distinción Dove) y es la autora de numerosas obras para mujeres.  Es una de las disertantes y escritoras de blogs más populares en los Estados Unidos. Tiene un diploma de Master en Psicología del Desarrollo obtenido en la Universidad Vanderbilt y vive con su esposo e hijas en Nashville, Tennessee (EE.UU.). Su primer libro para niños, Audrey Bunny, se publicó en octubre de 2013 y alcanzó rápidamente el primer lugar en la lista de libros cristianos para niños de la empresa Amazon de comercio electrónico.

Breezy Brookshire creció en Indiana (EE.UU.). Sus destrezas como joven artista son mayormente de carácter autodidacta al crear personajes como los imaginó de niña.  A la edad de 17 años, Breezy abrió una tienda virtual en el sitio web Etsy.com llamada The Breezy Tulip Studio. Allí es donde se venden sus obras y donde la descubrió la escritora Angie Smith.  Actualmente Breezy vive en Indiana y comparte un estudio artístico con su hermana Emily Rose. Su primer libro para niños, Audrey Bunny, se publicó en octubre de 2013 y alcanzó rápidamente el primer lugar en la lista de libros cristianos para niños de la empresa Amazon de comercio electrónico.

Angie Smith is the wife of Todd Smith (lead singer of Dove Award-winning group Selah), author of numerous titles for women.  She is one of the most popular speakers and blog writers in the USA. She holds a Master’s degree in Developmental Psychology from Vanderbilt University and lives with her husband and daughters in Nashville, TN. Her first children’s book, Audrey Bunny, was published in October 2013 and quickly hit no. 1 on Amazon’s Christian Children’s Book list.

Breezy Brookshire grew up in Indiana. Her skills as a young artist are mostly self-taught, drawing characters from her imagination as a young child.  At the age of seventeen, Breezy opened an Etsy shop called The Breezy Tulip Studio where her artwork is sold and was first recognized by author Angie Smith.  Breezy resides in Indiana to this day, sharing a home studio with her sister Emily Rose. Audrey Bunny was Breezy’s first illustrated work with B&H Kids, which reached no. 1 on Amazon’s Christian Children’s Book list in October 2013.

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