BROKEN
Psalm 51-53

"The sacrifice you want is a broken spirit. A broken and repentant heart, O God, you will not despise." Psalm 51:17 NLT

I believe I get the gist of this verse.

It's about the heart attitude.

It's less to do with what's 'thrown on the fire' than the down-deep desire to give back to Him.

The problem is, brokenness hurts.

It hurts deeply.

Pain is not what most of us sign-up for, rather we dodge it like the plague.

But it's what is required.

It's the hurt that comes when we submit what we want for all He has. It's the cuts we receive from gathering up the shards of broken dreams. It's the iinconvenience of changed plans. It's the deep-seated hurt of embarrassment when we've been wrong--and corrected. It's the discomfort of finding out we don't know best or everything.

But we have hope as we willingly step in to brokenness...

"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted, he rescues those who are crushed in spirit." Psalm 34:18 NLT