NOT BROKEN!

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God doesn't make broken people. It just doesn't happen that way. Sometimes we stumble, we fall, we break ... but God doesn't make us broken. Sometimes we try to fix what's not broken ... and that never works - because if it's not broken - you can't fix it. It's that simple.

But, sometimes our brokenness -makes us see cracks and blemishes and problems in other people-and even in ourselves...that just aren't there. Sometimes what we see-isn't what we're accustomed to seeing--so we get scared...and we say some awful things....to the people we love...So sometimes, when that happens, we simply need to take a break...to sit back and let God do the work...with us, through us...and together---because that's the best way-the only sure fire way...to see clearly...what is broken and what is not.


A woman I know said she failed her family. She never fit into their expectations. She never lived up to their hopes and dreams. She always felt...and still does...that they judged her...to be broken...She lived differently...walked a different path...worked a different program. She didn't get married, she didn't have kids...she didn't live up to their standards...To them-she was different...and that meant -she was broken.

Their attitude has left her feeling broken, like damaged goods that need to be discarded. It has left deep emotional scars...which she tried to fix with Alcohol...lots of it...too much even...and then she did break. She broke down...like so many before her-who couldn't handle the pressure from the outside. She developed a disease from which there is no turning back...Alcoholism.


On this night, this thoughtful, introspective woman...shared her woundedness, confessing that she felt abandoned by her family...and by God...And she shared that she is gay...that this is who she has always been...the way she was born...the person she felt God had designed. But even so-more than 5 decades later, she is still suffering-from the war of words-from the loved ones-who didn't understand--who didn't accept her...who left her feeling broken, because they believed she was.


I can't fix her brokenness...but I can tell her she is not broken...and never has been...And I can pray for her and countless others like her- who have been told they're broken, and believe it...when the truth is-no one is born broken...because God doesn't make broken people....Never has...never will...It's that simple...and that powerful...Book it!

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