There are several examples of brokenness in the bible, and its purpose is made clear. But it may not be what we would expect..
Many years ago, when I was still young in my faith, I recall praying a very dangerous prayer.
“Lord, I love you, and I want to honor you with my life. I invite you to use me however you deem worthy. I will go wherever you will call me, and do whatever you will ask of me, even if it means that I am broken.”
We’ve all heard the saying, be careful what you ask for, because you just might get it.
Little did I know the weight that my words would carry.
Not long after whispering that heart-felt prayer into the quiet of night, my infant daughter was unexpectedly killed in a tragic car accident.
Broken, I was.
“Then He ordered the crowds to recline on the grass, and looking up to heaven, He gave thanks and blessed, and broke the loaves and handed them to the disciples, who gave them to the people.” (Matthew 14:19)
So often, when we are forced to endure hardship, we have a tendency to make our brokenness all about us.
Why me, God? Why did you let this happen? Where were you? Why didn’t you save me? What did I do to deserve this?
Why her? Why him? Why us? Why now?
But maybe, just maybe, these are the wrong types of questions.
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