The broken…..we are all broken.
Some of us are just a
functioning broken, others; can’t function.
The problem is, I’m a fixer. I want to fix the broken, and
when I can’t fix, I look away, I avoid, I ignore.
I remember being young, thinking that I could fix the broken
ones, get involved, help, time, money, space, involvement, and on and on and on…….
But I am tired and weary of the sea of brokenness that is
washing up and into my life all around me every day, no matter where I am or
where I go. Church, school, shopping, eating out, Facebook.
Again, we are all broken, some functioning broken, others
unable to function. Some choosing not to function.
I was taught to function, no matter the level or degree of brokenness.
I was pointed toward a light, a place, someone who I was told ultimately fixed brokenness.
Others didn’t get the memo.
I find myself trying to discern between stages of brokenness
these days. Is it self-inflicted? —no time for that nonsense. Or is it a
natural brokenness?
Wait………. brokenness is broken.
It all comes from the same place, and it isn’t self-inflicted.
It is inflicted, but not by self.
I’m making myself remember who is responsible for the
brokenness in the world, and that helps put things in perspective.
I am still graphically aware that I cannot “fix” brokenness,
but I haven’t forgotten the place of light where there is someone who can. I
just need to remember to take them to Him.
28 “Come to Me, all [a]who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will
give you rest. – Matthew 10:28
He is the burden bearer, the fixer. He is the only one who
can transform, repair, or “fix” anyone.
