{"id":26967,"date":"2015-08-03T00:20:25","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T04:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=26967"},"modified":"2015-08-03T00:10:18","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T04:10:18","slug":"god-loves-our-brokenness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/08\/03\/god-loves-our-brokenness\/","title":{"rendered":"God Loves Our Brokenness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13840\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg\" alt=\"SeekingHimLogo\" width=\"560\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg 560w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #008080;\"><span class=\"small-caps\">O Lord<\/span>, You have searched me and known me.<br \/>\nYou know when I sit down and when I rise up;<br \/>\nYou understand my thought from afar.<br \/>\nYou scrutinize my path and my lying down,<br \/>\n<span class=\"text Ps-139-3\">And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.<\/span><br \/>\nPsalms 139:1-3<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">\u00a0*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">God loves our brokenness. Why? Because it is through our brokenness where He can begin to &#8216;<em><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">FIX<\/span><\/strong><\/em>&#8216; us. God will<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em><strong>F<\/strong> <\/em><\/span>ocus on what is right in us, He will help us build our<\/span>\u00a0character to be a reflection of Him<\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>I<\/strong> <\/span><\/em>ntends to heal us and will use us as<\/li>\n<li>e<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em><strong>X<\/strong> <\/em><\/span>amples of His great love and mercy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">God will make our sins as if they were not and will use our new life for His glory. \u00a0We need to be willing to walk in His ways without fear (Romans 3:21-31). \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">God will be with us and guide us along His path to righteousness. \u00a0Paul tells us that he was ready for the end of his life when he would receive his crown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness,<br \/>\nwhich the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day;<br \/>\nand not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.<br \/>\n2 Timothy 4:8<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Paul lived his life for God and knew it would be hard. \u00a0He did not falter from his path in order\u00a0to show and tell people of Jesus&#8217; great love.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">God will heal us from our past wounds, our past experiences. Some of those may be a result of a curse in our family history. Or it could be a result of our own disobedience to one of His commandments. An example would be if we have not honored our parents. We do not have to agree with how they live, or what they do, but we still have to give them honor for who they are in our lives. \u00a0Through grace God can restore those relationships to ones of tolerance and acceptance of who our parents are.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Also, God can use our past to help others to see Him as our Redeemer. \u00a0We can know that God will soften our hearts to forgive ourselves and use our lives to win others with similar situations to Him. \u00a0We just have to be willing. \u00a0We have to allow ourselves to be molded and shaped into what God can use. We will not be perfect; we are human. \u00a0But God can use our humanity to reach those who are unsaved. \u00a0Just as we have the example of Samson and David, we will be able to reach others with our lives and how God redeemed us from our path of sin and unrighteousness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">\u00a0*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Father, thank You for loving my brokenness. I ask that You continue to take away my sins and use me for Your glory and to further Your kingdom. Thank You for not tossing me aside as dross and for choosing to use me to tell others of Your great love. Thank You! \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name I pray, Amen!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar. You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are intimately acquainted with all my ways. 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