Sometimes brokenness can be a good thing, sometimes its the very thing that brings reliance on God. Yesterday when I was painting I became overwhelmed with tears and just let that experience be part of my painting. When I turned to a page in my bible it said: ” Serving the Lord with all humility and with tears.” When I was thinking about this blog post this morning the words “A broken and contrite heart came into my mind”.

When I looked up the commentary on the verse it said this: “Verse 17. – The sacrifices of God; i.e. the sacrifices which God really values and desires. Are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. “The contrite heart,” says Hengstenberg, “denotes deep but soft and mild distress.” It sets up no wild shriekings, no howls, like those of Oriental fanatics. But it nourishes a sorrow that is deep and persistent. The joy on account of forgiveness and restoration to favour does not exclude continued pain on account of past sin.”

One of the themes I have felt like I have been being shown is about the walls that prevent people from experiencing the love of Jesus. This could be a wall in your heart that doesn’t allow him to bring you to tears, it could be a wall in your home where you are not open to others, it could be a wall in your church that prevents people from feeling safe to come in, whatever it is let him break down the walls so that you can be free to move with him.

I also noticed a facebook video that an evangelist did the other day that seemed related to this discussion to do with sin in the church. It was a very thought provoking warning for the church to be more diligent in stewarding the precious truth that it has been given access to: https://www.facebook.com/benfitzgeraldandJesus/videos/2066990013315720/