“If your heart is broken, you’ll find God right there; if you’re kicked in the gut, He’ll help you catch your breath.” (Psalm 34:18, The Message)

Broken:

• having been fractured or damaged and no longer in one piece or in working order

• (of a person) having given up all hope; despairing. – Oxford English and Spanish Dictionary

It seems no matter who we are and how much we love Jesus, there are still broken areas in our lives that God is still working on. I said to my wife recently, “Do you know anyone in the Body of Christ, including us, who’s not broken in some area of their lives? Do you know anyone who is normal?” She said, “Bill, normal is the setting on the dryer downstairs.”

“I’m in Your Brokenness”

I sense an urgent cry from God’s heart: “Wait no longer. I’m in your brokenness, when things didn’t go the way you planned, and I didn’t answer the way you thought I would; when you were so broken, you felt like a bird without wings. But I’m still here, and you are under My wings.

“Would you do Me a favor? Spread your broken wings one more time. Give Me one more chance. See what I can do, for I am breathing on your brokenness. Can you feel My breath?