It isn't about ME.
And I am not saying that in
a poor ME kinda of tone.
I am saying it in a FREEDOM
kinda way.
Oh to remove yourself from
your life is when you find yourself.
And GOD has a way of wanting you
to remove yourself,
that HE gets you ALONE with HIM
so that HE can breathe
REAL LIFE into you
so that you start really LIVING.
Oh the journey is not fun,
as things need to BREAK
so that you meet
GOD at such a deep level
so that you meet
HIS SON at such a deep level
so that you meet
THE HOLY SPIRIT
who empowers you to
REALLY LIVE.
BROKENNESS is what brings you back to LIFE.
No one has to wish
BROKENNESS into their LIFE
because
BROKENNESS is part of LIFE
as it comes from
our doing
or
other's doing.
Oh to be
BROKEN with GOD
is when you become
UNBROKEN
because
no one who willingly invites
GOD into their life
will remain
BROKEN~
"The sacrifice you desire is a BROKEN spirit.
YOU will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O GOD" (Psalm 51: 17).
Those words from
DAVID
who GOD called a man after HIS own heart.
DAVID
DAVID
whose FAITH was BROKEN
when he killed the husband of the woman who he had an affair with..
DAVID
who penned the words
"The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit.
You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O GOD."
And did GOD turn DAVID away.
Oh no, because DAVID came.
DAVID showed up with his BROKENNESS
and GOD received him
with FORGIVENESS.
It just takes one step to SHOW UP.
JESUS showed up
to be
BROKEN on the CROSS.
Oh the pain. Oh the sorrow.
JESUS KNOWS what it is like to lose your LIFE
in order to SAVE your LIFE.
So on this morning
I thank GOD for reminding me
that
HE loves
BROKEN me
because it is in my
BROKENNESS
when I release myself
to become my best self
because
IN JESUS
is where
LIFE is found~
"And he who does not take his cross [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and follow ME [believing in ME, conforming to MY example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in ME] is not worthy of ME.
Whoever finds his life [in this world] will [eventually] lose it [through death], and whoever loses his life [in this world] for MY sake will find it
[that is, life with ME for all eternity]" (Matthew 10:38-39).
Thank YOU JESUS
for taking us
from
BROKEN INTO BEAUTIFUL
because
when YOU were BROKEN
you had
"ME ON YOUR MIND"*
(Listen to the song below)