if you're breaking, just remember...

the other nite at our midtown family potluck meeting adam asked that people who were hurting in any way stand & everyone else gathered around & prayed for them. it was really awesome. people are hurting & breaking everywhere, and to you, i share this...

"Those people God uses much of the time to bring glory to Himself are those who are completely broken, for the sacrifice He accepts is a "broken and contrite heart" (Ps. 51:17).

It was not until the poor widow broke the seal on her only remaining jar of oil & began to pour it that God miraculously multiplied it to pay her debts & supplied her means of support (2 Kings 4:1-7)

It was once Jesus took the 5 loaves & BROKE them that the bread was mulitplied to feed the 5,000.

It was when Mary broke her beautiful alabaster jar of very expensive perfume (Matt. 26:7), destroying its future usefulness & value, that the wonderful fragrance filled the house.

It wasn't until Jacob's natural strength was broken at Peniel (Gen. 32:25) that he came to the point where God could clothe him with spiritual power.

It wasn't until Jesus allowed his precious body to be broken by thorns, nails, & a spear that His inner life was poured out like an ocean of crystal-clear water for thirsty sinners to drink & then live.


It isn't until a kernel of corn is buried & broken in the earth by DEATH that its inner heart sprouts, producing hundreds of other seeds or kernels.

And so, it has always been, down through history of plants, people, & all of spiritual life- God uses BROKEN THINGS.

Those who have been gripped by the power of the Holy Spirit and are used for God's glory lots of times are those who have been broken in their finances, broken in their self-will, broken in their ambitions, broken in their lofty ideals, broken in their worldly reputation, broken in their desires, and often broken in their health.

But praise God, for He will use you, yet."