The title of this blog is taken from a song that was sung in the 70’s by Al Green.
Brokenness can be a good thing in the hands of God. Look at the following scripture. "The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God" Psalm 51v17 (NLT)
The day before Nathanael’s accident I was speaking on Psalm 51. One of the points I emphasised was that in order for us to be truly repentant we need to be broken. Little did I know that the following day we would be completely broken.
We are still broken and will be until we see all things renewed at the second coming of Christ.
God is doing a healing work, He is dealing with the broken pieces and He will do it in His way and in His time.
We will most certainly carry with us the brokenness of that awful day for the rest of our lives. But that is not a bad thing. There is an art in Japan known as Kintsugi. When repairing broken pottery they do so with gold or silver lacquer as it is repaired to enhance the cracks of brokenness. The understanding is that the piece is more beautiful for having been broken.
When we have been broken there is something that has been added to us. God wants to mould us into the image of Christ and He will break us if that is what is needed. Dare I say it but we all need to be broken, in ways known only to God.
How is a broken heart mended? The world will throw in many suggestions to deal with brokenness. But only God can truly do so. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147v3 (NKJV)
Prayer. Dear Lord, we can see that You are the One who deals with our brokenness. Thank You that You use our brokenness in order to shape us into the people you wants us to be. Help us to move toward You in our brokenness so that You can use it for Your glory and our good. Amen
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