On Being Broken...

Tomorrow our group the Women of Purpose will go to Don Salvador Benedicto for a three day weekend retreat.

I have been praying to Abba Father to give me the right theme for the devotional topics.

A few words kept repeating themselves over and over again in my heart...

Emptying...

Being poured out...

Brokenness...



Brokenness. It is an inevitable fact of human existence.

And yet we do not go through brokenness alone.

There is One who was willing to be broken and spilled out... that in our brokenness, we may turn to Him and receive healing.

I have walked with Jesus since 1973... I was a university freshman when I had a real encounter with the Redeemer of my soul... and I understood what turning the reins of my life over to Him truly meant.

That was more than 40 years ago.

This much I can say. The breaking is for a beautiful reason.

That we may be made truly whole.

For we won't stay broken forever.

There is a coming day of unbelievable beauty... and grace...

A coming day when all our questions will be answered.

And we will behold Him our Maker-Redeemer-Sustainer-Recreator-Lord... face to face.

And all darkness will be rolled away... and we will understand, just as we have been fully understood.


Meanwhile, my response is one of humble worship.

I am looking forward to our time of worship up in the mountains of Don Salvador Benedicto.



Here's a beautiful song. It leaves me speechless each time I listen to it.