Daily Devotion - Tuesday, September 22

Brokenness

Have you ever heard the phrase “You’ve got to get over it?” Have you ever spoken that phrase at one time or another. When something is broken we either fix it or throw it away. In doing this, we “get over it.” But when it comes to our inner brokenness, we rebel when others try to “fix it” and we are frustrated because we can’t throw “it” away.

Daily we deal with our fractured feelings and the fractured feelings of others. Resentments are great and anger continues to rear its head! When people are broken because one of mother nature's storms have brought destruction, we quickly realize it could very easily have been us! One of the real questions during times like these is “Why is this happening to me?”

We know there is no answer to “why?” AND because there is no answer, we can easily get stuck in the anger/resentment stage. When you are stuck or you know others that are stuck, remember to “be still” and respond as you can to the emotional brokenness of the moment.

--Ben Keckler
09.22.09