I sat here in my office today and watched my client try to repair his broken pen by tearing apart another pen to use the parts that were missing from his broken pen. He ended up with two broken pens instead of one. This made me think, we often do the same thing as people, to one another. We are broken and turn to someone else to find what is missing in our own lives. In this way, we attempt to use other people to fix what is broken as if they are some kind of savior. This process always leads to two broken people just as it did with the broken pen my client was trying to repair. If he would have taken the pen to the manufacturer where the pen was made, they could have repaired the pen without another pen being broken in the process. Likewise with us, we should go to the manufacturer (GOD) as well. God can fix our brokenness unlike any other person on this earth. When we turn to God with our brokenness, we avoid breaking (hurting) someone else trying to fix ourselves. Here are some scriptures that promise God will heal our broken hearts:
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. - Psalms 34:18
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. - Psalms 147:3
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. - Matthew 5:3-4
God promises to heal our broken hearts. Don't turn to others to repair what only God can repair. After all, He is the one who "manufactured" us!
WOW! This is amazing. I love the analogy of the broken pen to the brokenhearted person. Often times in life we give people the place of God when in essence there is no substitute for His greatness nor authority. God alone is enough for us and He commands us to have no other gods before him and idols can come in the form of people. My theory, "RUN TO THE THRONE, NOT THE PHONE!"
ReplyDeleteGod Bless you, Cory and I look forward to more blogs from you. I love your authorial tone and voice.
Let God do the healing! Yes, I love it!
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