God and HamiltonSýnishorn

I will never forget the final scene of Hamilton. It will forever serve as a visual reminder of the power of redemption. 

After Hamilton’s death, Eliza felt a call from God to start an orphanage. She longed to serve the children who faced the same struggles her husband faced as an orphan. 

Hamilton’s status as an orphan was a source of great shame, disappointment, and pain. Even as a grown man, he never fully healed from the pain of living as an orphan. In his private letters, Hamilton expresses his insecurities and loneliness that stem from losing his parents at a young age.

Eliza, in her work with the orphanage, took her husband’s brokenness and made it beautiful. She redeemed his brokenness through the love and opportunity she offered to the orphans whom she worked with. 

This is precisely what God offers to each of us. He longs to take our brokenness—the parts of our lives that cause the greatest shame, disappointment, and hurt—and redeem them, somehow making them beautiful. 

The organization Eliza started still exists to this day, now operating under the name Graham-Windham (www.graham-windham.org.) It is continuing to serve, love, and bless people in need in New York City. The brokenness continues to be made beautiful.