Day 21: Brokeness

I went to the first "ICU Talk" (In Christ Unity).  It's modeled after TED Talks but speakers from all walks of life come to share their faith, testimony and thoughts.  The general theme tonight was "Brokenness".  

There are quite a few Bible verses that talks about this but the one verse I found is in Isaiah 61:1...

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me

to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted   
to proclaim freedom for the captives

and release from darkness for the prisoners...

We are all broken, no matter what our journey is.  Many of us may have illnesses, others are literally financially broke.  Even though I may seem to have it all together, I still feel rejected by men.  (And I work in engineering... full of men!)  Others are literally starving.  Others are starving themselves with anorexia or causing themselves pain with self-inflicted cuts.  Many men I have met are not confident with who they are, their career, finance, education level.  Many women have self-esteem issues.  There are many women who cannot have children naturally.  There are other women who are having abortions right now.  

How can life be fair?  Why has God given us this world?

Since the fall of man, the book of Romans have explained that we are born to a world of sin.  The world was and is broken since then.  And we are broken too.  But in the brokenness and pain, there is healing.  (It reminds me of the song by Lightouse called Broken.)  Only Jesus can heal those who are broken and give purpose to those who seeks him.  Everybody's story is different.  But no one's problem is greater than the other.  Because at the end of the day, we are all broken.

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”  ~Matthew 11:28-30~

It's like this analogy I once heard from my pastor.  We are all broken people, like broken tiles.  But once we come together, we make a beautiful mosaic.