One lesson that I’ve learned this year is that we are ALL so
broken. There are things in each
one of us that are not good, and each one of us needs the “Great Counselor� to
come in and speak to us…even while we sleep (Psalm 16)…and heal the things that
are broken (Hosea 6).
This year I’ve seen the pain in girls’ eyes when they talk
about how their Daddy abused them or just doesn’t care enough to be around…
My heart has been shattered when my friend in Thailand is to
drunk to comprehend what I’m saying.
She sells her body at a bar in order to support her son. I’m sure she was trying to escape the
thoughts of the man who might buy her next…
I can still see so clearly the little boy in Tanzania who
was too high on glue to feel hungry.
His eyes were glazed over, but I could still see the joy and innocence
in his them. He held my hand until
we had to part ways…
My heart rejoices, but also saddens a little when I think
about the woman lying on the wooden cot, her body wasting away. She was ridden with disease as she
weakly prayed, accepting salvation.
She died about 2 weeks later, receiving the ultimate healing…
I have wept with my teammates as they’ve told about their
broken lives, their broken hearts…and then rejoiced as they’ve shared how God has
redeemed them.
This year, I have seen the brokenness of the world. I’ve also seen how God has redeemed
those things.
Maybe your parents are getting a divorce, the man you call
your Dad abuses you, or you feel like you are never good enough.
Maybe you are sleeping around and you know you shouldn’t be.
Maybe you are struggling with addictions to porn, alcohol, or drugs.
Maybe you gossip too much or let too many curse words fly
out of your mouth.
I don’t know what your “brokenness� is…I just know we all
are, in fact, broken.
I also KNOW that, like I said before, God can and will
redeem ALL of it.
Will you let Him?
for with the Lord there is unfailing love.
His redemption overflows…”
