August 7

“If your heart is broken and contrite, give thanks.  You are among the blessed who are in a position to be healed.  Don’t complain.”  Eugenia Price, S.P.S., 8/9

I’ve actually reached the point of desiring this brokenness because it’s different than the brokenness I’ve been used to my whole life.  My old brokenness was a smashed ego.  Ego does not like being smashed.  It has nowhere to go and therefore lies there writhing in misery begging for mercy.  The moment it is given and it’s “back on its feet” it immediately finds a way to retaliate.  It often becomes more inflated than ever as a means of protection for some future assault.  This yo-yo type of existence eventually wears a person out.  Depression may result.  This depression sometimes can be mistaken for humility, but it is not.  The heart that is truly broken and contrite toward God experiences a blessed freedom that cannot exist otherwise here on earth.  It is a connectedness to God with a resulting peacefulness that cannot be explained in human terms.  It is truly to be desired.

“And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”  Philippians 4:7