The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:18
You hear the cry of the broken… You hear the cry of the broken. You answer the cry of the broken…You answer the cry of the broken.
-Darlene Zschech
I hit broken again this Tuesday.
I was out of the blue suddenly whammied kind of hurt in a very unexpected, deep way by someone I absolutely adore.
And it broke me in a way I didn’t expect.
I was so hurt, I could barely speak. Since my throat had been bugging me over the past while, I don’t think anyone noticed.
God did.
He knew the crying that was surging with every painful heart beat on the inside.
He knew it was hard to breathe, let alone avoiding breaking down.
How crushed I felt in my soul.
And in the middle of that broken, hurting place, He met me.
I picked up my guitar, and offered genuine praise despite my heavy brokenness. He listened.
I shared briefly with a few friends, and asked them to pray. He listened.
My silence spoke louder than I realized, for the person later the next day contacted me to share what had been really going on on their inside, which had nothing to do with me. They apologized for venting, and relationship was restored.
There are times when the risk to love deeply means we will be cut deeply by those we love.
But love is always worth it.
Jesus is the best example of that kind of love.
He loved us so much, He willingly enfolded Himself into human form, and loved among us. He was rejected by many He loved, hurt by betrayal, left alone. His body was battered and broken, because of His love.
The pain must have cut Jesus deeply.
The coming reward must have been enough to help Him stay focused on the plan, not His pain.
Abraham, offering his son of promise, Issac, to the God who gave Him the promise & that miracle son, would have been a broken man as he made the preparations in obedience to hearing God’s voice.
God as Father did nothing less with us as He let Jesus die on the cross. A broken hearted Father, watching His son broken for the sins of the world.
The broken are precious to God.
He never leaves us in our brokenness. Instead, He loves us into who He designed us to be.
Whole.
Wholly loved.
Treasured.
Beloved.
Being broken was never meant to be a permanent state of being, but only a temporary stop in your life.
Don’t miss out on what God has for you and who He has for you to be because you cannot see beyond your brokenness.
KARLA LEES 