True Wholeness Comes From Brokenness

I think at times we may think that being ‘whole’ means that everything is always ok and together in our lives. If we are whole emotionally we are never upset or disappointed or sad. Spiritual wholeness means that our faith is always perfect and we always feel close to God. It must mean that we are always balanced and always doing the right thing. I believe that this is not the right measurement. Wholeness does not guarantee that there will be no pain or that we will always be level emotionally. The measurement of wholeness is not avoiding pain or being perfect but what we do with the pain in imperfection. It does not mean there is no brokenness but that it’s actually ok to have brokenness.

In fact wholeness is made up of a lot of broken little pieces in our life. The sign we are whole is if we can receive God’s love and forgiveness in the midst of it. The bible says that a broken and contrite heart will never be refused by God. That if we try and save our lives we will in fact lose them. Often we allow brokenness to bring fear and fear makes us try and control things including brokenness. But what you try and control will eventually control you! By receiving God’s love it throws the fear out and allows us to embrace the brokenness as an opportunity to grow. That is what leads to wholeness!!

So give yourself permission to feel the pain of disappointment to know the sting of brokenness it will make the sweetness of God’s love pouring over you all the more real. I often hear people say they want to feel God’s love and the reality of Him in their lives and yet at the same time avoid any conflict or are scared to ask the hard questions of God. To see the ‘real’ we must be ‘real’. Get honest with your faith - if you lack it ask for it…if you need healing press into God all the more…if you have broken pieces and feel shattered ask God to sweep them up and breathe new life into them.

I once had a vision of someone’s heart broken into a million pieces I saw Jesus bending over on hands and knees carefully gathering them together into His scarred hands…He held them up to His mouth and breathed on them and they came together and the heart began pumping again…you could see the pieces almost like they were glued together but the heart was pumping. As Jesus handed it back to this girl she could not receive it and knocked it out of Jesus hands and it shattered again. Without word He got back down on His hands and knees and began the collecting again being very careful with each piece…this happened over and over until she collapsed into His arms and received His gift. Jesus will never stop putting the pieces of your life back together…He will keep doing it until you receive it…still cracks, still scared but whole and pumping His love through out your life!!

Mark is a master mentor who believes in the apprenticeship model of discipleship. Mark is excited about selling his house and moving into the next stage of his life and ministry.