“The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” (Psalm 34.18)
Once there was a man, and he had a broken heart. He heard God was coming to dinner. So he gathered the shards of his scattered heart and taped them together. He hoped the adhesive would hold.
After all, when God comes to dinner, you have to put yourself together (at least he thought).
The man made it through the greeting and the first course. He made it halfway through the second. But it was too much to hide. The man’s hobbled heart wasn’t holding.
So he said, “I have something to tell you. My heart is broken, see.” And he placed the pieces on the table. “You can leave if you want to.”
God placed his hand on the broken pieces and said, “I knew it was broken. That’s why I came.”
The man began to cry. “But God,” the man said, “Why didn’t you say something?”
“Because,” God said, “you needed to tell me first. That’s how the healing begins.”
And the man began to heal.
Give your broken pieces to God so he can heal you. Lay them out; don’t be ashamed. It’s for healing that he comes near, so he can put the pieces together.
Let’s pray: “God, your word says you’re close to the brokenhearted. I give you my shards and my pieces and ask you to make something beautiful from them.”
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