Like it or not, we all have brokenness. If you are a "good" person, bad person, immoral, moral, Black, White, Latino, male, female, from the South, from Zimbabwe, from the North pole...you can't escape the fact that you are broken in one way or another.
No single person, Christ follower or not, can escape brokenness. It's part of our human condition. Of course, our brokenness plays out in different ways. Some people have abusive spouses, or have for years suffered heartbreak from relationships. Some are looking to be affirmed and go looking in the wrong places and thus get disappointed. Some are afflicted with disease or trauma. Some have empty family relationships. Some seek wealth, only to find that it doesn't really satisfy. There are many more types of brokenness.
I'm not always Captain Observant, but I don't think it's hard for anyone to see that every individual in some way or another, has both shallow and deep hurts that are part of that person's identity. Some people are good at concealing them, lying about them, and projecting an image of "got-it-togetherness", or "I'm-ok-ness". But the fact of the matter is we're all broken.
I think brokenness is closely related to sin, and Paul tells us "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23 NIV).
We're all broken. And so we all need fixing. Again, I think many people attempt to use the wrong tools and remedies to fix both the shallow and deep brokenness that is inherently part of them.
Not by arrogance, but by grace, those who identify and understand the gift found in Jesus have a way to deal with their brokenness. And the ironic thing is, the more humble and honest a person is about their own brokenness, the greater the work Christ can do in that person to heal whatever the brokenness may be.
He is the Greatest Handy-Man. He knows how to fix it all. And it is genuine and it works!
"On hearing this, Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.'For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." (Matthew 9:12-13 NIV)
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