After the Native Americans, the main recipients of violence were slaves; lynched, murdered, beaten till their flesh came off, women raped, families broken, unable to go to school, unable to marry, unable to vote, refused jobs, towns burned down/looted once you got on your feet. Violence ...
Like the art of kintsugi, God restores us when we face broken hearts and makes us more beautiful through the process.
I’m not sure why it happens then, maybe because Lovence (our non-verbal, special needs son) feels safe in that vulnerable moment, but it’s then that he will hit the counter and then look at me. It’s the same thing, the same routine every time. He hits the counter. He shakes ...
Many others of us walk through the world everyday already so aware of our brokenness that it cripples. We have been told and we have experienced again and again that we are lacking. Our lives have been marked by disappointment and loss. We are already like the beggar at the city gate,...
Our part is simply to receive. [1] “Binding” in Psalm 147:3 intimates holding together while an injury heals. God often allows time in combination with his antidotes to accomplish healing, fostering inner strength and perseverance in the process (James 1:2-4). [2] Knowledge of the Holy...
God, thank you that what looks like junk can be seen through a new light. Thank you that what looks broken is a reminder of my brokenness and how you’ve repaired me. Oh God, I give thanks that you haven’t left me broken, but you are repairing me. You are good. ...
It’s not medication that heals our bodies. It’s God.It’s not our great driving abilities that keep us from a crash. It’s God.It’s not the good neighborhood we live in that keeps people from breaking into our houses. It’s God.It’s not our great parenting that has our ...
We need prayers that god heals and works on both our harts for each other. Also prey hey provides us with jobs so we can provide for our kids Pray 5 2 View Anonymous about 15 hours ago Praying for a debt free year. Praying for a peaceful non toxic year. In Jesus’s name AMEN!
Then my breath caught – if this is how I feel in all my incredibly frail brokenness – how much more does our God feel that way about me, about us? When we risk, when we connect, when we make a friend, be a friend. When we stretch ourselves, test ourselves, live big and brilli...
In preparing this blog, I felt my god speak to me inwardly, and in his calming voice he said, “If you do not encounter me as I am, you will create for yourself a god only as great as your own brokenness.” This means simply that if I put God in a box and assume that I kno...