God Loves Broken People

for if we want rest for our souls, that is the place to find it.

“There are a thousand man-made philosophies of life. If this is another, let it pass. There is only one rock: the Word of God.”

convince you—of the hope we have in Christ Jesus no matter how broken we are.

What kept our Lord going until the very end? How did He move from feelings of abandonment to utter confidence in the warm, welcoming, loving embrace of His Father?
As He did all of His life, Jesus laid hold of the promises and the truth of God’s Word.

We don’t know exactly what mysterious divine transaction took place in those dark hours, nor will we likely ever know. Somehow, as Christ took on Himself all the sins of the world, the Father looked away—and so the blessed Savior screamed His wail of abandonment as He was plunged into darkness that we will never know.

But then the moment passed, as all moments do.

But we despise the brokenness itself.

We like the idea of a Savior-made potion powerful enough to mend our shattered, broken hearts.

she just couldn’t bear the thought that God might spare one mother’s heart but shatter her own.

that the moderately famous have better connections to heaven than do the seemingly anonymous