Death to Brokenness

We are gathered here in remembrance of Brokenness. Brokenness has affected and touched all of our lives in one way or another. It might look different with each story told – but Brokenness lived and people were affected because of him. 

To some, Brokenness was, at times, our go to at night. Instead of sleeping, you would lay awake conversing with Brokenness about how messed up we are. We found comfort in the sorrow and tears Brokenness brought – letting him continue telling us how unloved we are, how unworthy we are, and that we were too broken to be fixed and redeemed. 

Brokenness made it easy for us to believe we were all we had. No one noticed us. Smiles are fake. Kind words of encouragement from others were actually just to further their own agendas. Friends were fake. Family doesn’t care. And if all these people who were “good” didn’t care – that maybe – just maybe… we shouldn’t care either. 

Brokenness pushed up and pushed us… MAN!!! If only it could have been for the better – what a difference that would have made. But instead, Brokenness pushed to the point of begging, crying, and screaming for help as we fell further into the only thing we thought would bring us comfort… everything Brokenness told us would help… the cuts, the pills, the drugs, the alcohol, the sex, even suicide… If only we would have confided in someone other than Brokenness.

Brokenness lived a life that affected many – he found joy in the sadness, the hurting, the depressed, and the afflicted… and he still does to those that let him continue to live. But I’m asking you to put him to death and confide in the ONE that brings true comfort. The ONE who makes beauty from ashes. The ONE who redeems. The ONE who heals. The ONE who defeated brokenness and death so that we can do the same. Put Brokenness to death and allow Christ to live in you instead and see the difference that only He can make.