When We Feel Broken
“If only I would have”…..; “I could have” …..; “I should have”…..--- are all phrases we often use as we react to and reflect upon a given situation, particularly a painful situation. The “would have, could have, should have” statements are ways we deal with guilt. Almost everyone likes to believe they are in control. Almost everyone likes to believe they are covering all the details related to life. Then, reality comes. We are reminded about our inability to control. We discover that we failed to complete some now realized, but then overlooked, details.
After the shock and anger start to subside, we are faced with guilt and pain. Maybe those “would have, could have, should have” statements are true; maybe they are no more than wish-filled projections that we believe might have made a difference. In every case, there are at least two things to remember. First, billions of others are dealing with feelings similar to those we are feeling in our brokenness. Second, there is a steadfast love present within us to forgive and to encourage us to forge ahead as we face our brokenness.
God be with you.
A Prayer: Let me feel your steadfast love in the morning and throughout this day, O God.
Ben Keckler
09.10.08
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