brokeness

my friends gave me a very timely book on brokeness. On the outset who would be attracted to such topic? Except some divine prompting leads you to scan and then discover the blessing that it brings. As the book said brokeness is like fragrance easier to detect than define. Those lines penetrated to my nerves. it seems to say you have or you dont have it, no neutral ground. It is a daily cry to God calling him to break the stubborn pride within me. And indeed God answers the cry of the broken!

God is here but God is especially near to those who call upon him in truth (psalm 145:18), such cry of the helpless is never denied by the Lord! Such nearness to God is humbling and refreshing. you feel clean after the breaking, conscious of your weakness and quick in your call for help. Here life is redefined not by the popular definition of the fast lane, but from the ancient perspective of the old book the a broken spirit the Lord will not despise.

The package of brokeness and the process of it is not attractive. The product on the other hand is a new freedom, a fresh sense of spirituality and a much more meaningful life. Lord help us choose to be broken than unbroken!