Clasp

When something "clasp" it latches onto something else causing closure. There are clasp on bracelets, jackets, shirts, and dresses. But are there any clasps in our lives? We can clasp onto another person and never let them go; they become part of us and together joined as one. We can clasp to our faith, hold it tight and never let it go. God clasps onto our hearts, latching on closing past hurts and regrets, shames and missed opportunities.
On a clasp one end has to give way to tear the two joint apart. With a spiritual clasp, the only breakage that will occur is if we pull away from God. God never leaves or forsakes us. We are the ones who fall short. We can become distracted by many things of the world. We hold a pocket full of distractions these days: facebook, some friends, guys, and just everyday life. We have to learn to edify our links of our life bracelet. Think of your life like a bracelet, many links together but only two clasps. Those links are God and you. What makes up your links? God should be in every one of those links. Say school is a link; you should be sold out for God at your school. Facebook is a link on all of our bracelets these days. We should be using facebook to reach a whole new network of people for God. Whatever your links on your "bracelet" are use them for God. Then the clasp can be closed and you and God are side by side on the bracelet causing God to be distributed throughout all of the links.
Being clasped is being together, forming one piece. It's the missing link to keeping the jacket closed, the shirt on and a dress in place. We need to be one (clasped) with God so that we can be closed to Him, on to Him, and in place with Him. Holding tight and clasping onto the new life He has given us.
“Servants, do what you're told by your earthly masters. And don't just do the minimum that will get you by. Do your best. Work from the heart for your real Master, for God, confident that you'll get paid in full when you come into your inheritance. Keep in mind always that the ultimate Master you're serving is Christ." -Colossians 3:23-24

Break

Many things that the ability to break. You can break a mirror, a lamp, a desk, a twig, even an arm or a leg. There's only one thing that I can think of that you or someone else has the ability to break, but never really know because it is unseen. A heart. Whether a boyfriend, husband, mom, dad, sibling or friend breaks your heart they'll never really know unless you express it to them. No one can see inside a person to see the emotion that comes from a broken heart. We may become physically broken and our heart remains physically whole, but emotionally speaking we have the ability to break hearts and be heartbroken.
Breaking someone's heart is rough. It can be an accident or intentional. I like to think that all broken hearts are caused by accident. They can be the result of a friend you no longer see, home/family issues, or it can even be the result of going on a mission trip and witnessing TRUE heartbreak and poverty first hand.
It makes me wonder if a broken heart is good or bad. In a way, a broken heart makes us stronger, teaches us valuable life lessons, and shows us what really matters to us. Leaving a part of my heart in Africa is a positive effect of being brokenhearted. A BIG piece of my heart was broken off and was given to restore the heart of an orphan, widow, or someone of the street who just needed some love. But then what happens if you give a piece of your heart to the wrong "one". Will they always have that piece? How do you go about restoring and making your own heart whole again? Only God has the ability to do that. He washes away past hurts, scars; any little piece of our heart that is missing, God can fill up and cause a broken heart to be whole again.
God needs to be our WHOLE heart, so that when we give our heart to someone, whether it be the whole thing or just a piece, they are getting God. From my heart to theirs, God is being received. God is love, and that's basically all we can give in the world. Love to a baby, a mom, a dad, a husband, a friend. What more do we have to give if nothing is ours? Our heart has to completely break for God and to God before we can break for others.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight." -Proverbs 3:5-6