Broken Gate

My garden gate broke yesterday.
One of the welded joints has been rusty for a while and yesterday it broke.

The gate still worked, but it was sagging seriously.
The bottom joint was then overstressed and in danger of failing also.

Action was needed - and quickly.

I needed something to fix it with.
Usually for these kind of things I use a an elastic band, string, or a paper clip.

"A paper clip?", you say!
Well when my mother's toilet cistern broke recently we used a paper clip to replace the broken split pin. But not this time.

And elastic bands are good for fixing some things.
But not this time.

The ball of string was definitely what was needed.
A few lengths of string, some knots, and hey presto.
The gate's almost good as new.
Well for a little while anyway.

Sometimes I think we apply a paper clip, elastic band, some string, or some other equivalent, when our life becomes a bit broken.

We don't have the time or the energy for a proper repair.
Or we don't know who to consult.
Or where to find a repair person with a good reputation.

A long time ago someone got a reputation for mending broken lives.
He was so good at it, that those who should have been good at repairing lives, became angry with the man. So they strung him up and left him to die.
But that wasn't the end of him.

Nowadays others are following his example.
If your life is broken then get it repaired properly.