Broken without being Bitter

[COOPER]

I am thankful he broke me and moved me away from my old Church before it wrecked and sunk like the Titanic.

Many old friends did not survive.

[Malvaro]

I heard Bro Hood preach a message a few years ago at a JCM conference.... Brokeness that Can't be fixed.... i should load it onto my 8525 sometime; its an excellent reminder of the value of brokeness, anytime, anyplace....

i can upload Mp3, if anyone is interested....

[Malvaro]

Originally Posted by Malvaro

I heard Bro Hood preach a message a few years ago at a JCM conference.... Brokeness that Can't be fixed.... i should load it onto my 8525 sometime; its an excellent reminder of the value of brokeness, anytime, anyplace....

i can upload Mp3, if anyone is interested....

Per request....

http://www.savefile.com/files/902599

[Malvaro]

in regards to brokeness created by situations out of my control....

I used to pray, God get me out of this suffering.... I now pray, God give me the wisdom and understanding to be able to see the lesson I need to learn.... Too many times I have seen God turn the experience of my pain and sufferings to edify and strengthen others in their situations at a later time.... I am careful to protect the memory of what I was thinking, feeling, learning in the exact manner that I experienced them.... for later recall....

in regards to willing brokeness that I choose aka humility....

Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

in my younger days I never truly understood this verse.... since then I feel this verse single-handedly describes willing brokeness/humility.... I must choose to place my dreams, ambitions, goals, everything on the altar.... Paul described the same experience of submission and brokeness as "dying daily"....

when I have submitted every part of my being to God, only then can God truly work through the brokeness of my life....

brokeness, humility, submission to God.... are not popular concepts in today's "me first" society....

just a few quick thoughts....

[revrandy]

Originally Posted by Malvaro

in regards to brokeness created by situations out of my control....

I used to pray, God get me out of this suffering.... I now pray, God give me the wisdom and understanding to be able to see the lesson I need to learn.... Too many times I have seen God turn the experience of my pain and sufferings to edify and strengthen others in their situations at a later time.... I am careful to protect the memory of what I was thinking, feeling, learning in the exact manner that I experienced them.... for later recall....

in regards to willing brokeness that I choose aka humility....

Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

in my younger days I never truly understood this verse.... since then I feel this verse single-handedly describes willing brokeness/humility.... I must choose to place my dreams, ambitions, goals, everything on the altar.... Paul described the same experience of submission and brokeness as "dying daily"....

when I have submitted every part of my being to God, only then can God truly work through the brokeness of my life....

brokeness, humility, submission to God.... are not popular concepts in today's "me first" society....
just a few quick thoughts....

WOW!!

It's amazing you said that.. Just this morning I was listening to a Radio Talk show and they were describing how people now love to be "spot-lighted".. everybody wants a Spot-Light.. and they will do what it takes or give what it takes to get it...

[DividedThigh]

Steadfast thanks for sharing, the problems and situations we encounter in life, dont make us who we are they reveal to us who we are, being broken before god is a great thing. It puts us in a position for him to use us, i watched my little boy die when i was just 26 years old, that circumstance baptized me with the compassion that still fills my heart when i see people hurting, Jesus can take that which is meant to hurt and make something beautiful out of it, that is his way, if my attitude is right, thanks again, dt

[Sherri]

Thanks, Steadfast, for those words. I can honestly say that Eddie and I have probably never really been broken until this past year. We went through a horrible ordeal with one of our churches. I saw things in myself that I never knew were there, as I struggled through anger, depression, grief, etc. Hopefully those things have been purged out of me, and I have learned lessons from the brokeness. I don't want to have to go through that lesson again; I want to learn it right this time!

[DividedThigh]

Originally Posted by Sherri

Thanks, Steadfast, for those words. I can honestly say that Eddie and I have probably never really been broken until this past year. We went through a horrible ordeal with one of our churches. I saw things in myself that I never knew were there, as I struggled through anger, depression, grief, etc. Hopefully those things have been purged out of me, and I have learned lessons from the brokeness. I don't want to have to go through that lesson again; I want to learn it right this time!

Sherri you and eddie are so nice and kind and sweet, i cant believe you struggled with anything, i guess i dont know all do i, but Jesus does, god bless you, dt

The brokenness that I have endured and "survived" has been because my focus has been Davids pronouncement, "I will bless the LORD at all times, His praise shall continually be in my mouth." Simply resolving to walk closer with Him.

Scripture says, "Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die..."


A sad commentary would be a church that dies because the preacher wouldn't be broken....

I was broken but not by chance! When Jesus does the breaking it is always by design! I was broken by design and the fragments are combined into a beautiful portrait of grace!