In this paper we reflect on the speech proceeding from a heart shattered by the image God reveals to us about his purposeful presence in our fragmented world; speech broken open by the aesthetic vision of faith that -through painful perception of the  reality of brokenness- leads to acts embracing God`s   unimaginable grace in restoring the seemingly unrestorable:
*  We reflect on the theological aesthetics involved in picturing God through the eyes and acts of faith;

*  We explore the painful manifestation of fragmentation in our South- African societ

*    We attempt to homiletically speak the language of faith by picturing God in our fragmented world through the lens of the parable of the good Samaritan