BrokenHearted

I thought I would start with my devotion for today. Psalm 34:18

 "The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit."

This is a great promise and the temptation for me is to go with the obvious – He’s with us – of course He’s with us – He makes us the promise to be with us. I mean His name is Emmanuel – God with us. But today – I asked myself why. You see I want to know His character so well – it is so ingrained in my spirit, that when things go wrong I don’t have to remind myself of His promises because I know His character that well. So today I asked myself – why is He promising to be with us and save us. And the answer was so simple and I understand it in such a better way. First, He’s our Father. As a parent – when my kids are brokenhearted the only place I want to be is right next to them with my arms wrapped tightly around them – comforting them. Because I’m their mom and I love them. When they feel like they’re beaten up – I want to jump in and come to their rescue and help them through whatever it is. The last thing I want is to see them beaten. I will do anything in my power to save them. Because I’m their mom. And then…..I began adopting children. (remember – we are God’s adopted children). These children come bruised and broken. The come beaten. They come defeated. My children that I’m currently adopting came beaten and broken and hurting. And I never thought it was possible but the feeling of wanting to comfort them and save them is even stronger for them than it was for my flesh and blood children. The moment they looked at me said will you adopt me – that was the moment when I rushed to their side – they were chosen and I will protect them so that nothing else can hurt them ever again! 

We are God’s chosen and adopted children. We come broken, we come broken hearted. We come crushed. But the moment we look to our Father and say  - will you adopt me – He rushes to our side – He comforts us – He saves us – and He promises to always be with us and ensures our victory that we will NEVER be crushed again. Our hearts may still break – But He will be with us. We may feel crushed – but He is faithful to save us. We are home and safe in His arms.

My prayer - Dad – thanks for saving me. Thank you Lord that you are faithful – that you love me – that you chose me. Even when I didn’t want you to choose me you never left my side. When I screamed at you and told you I hated you and never wanted to see you again – you never left me – you pursued me when I ran away – and you held me as I cried in your arms and you carried me back home again. Thank you that even though bad things happen – you are with me and you save me and home with you is better than I ever could have imagined. Thank you for your love, for your comfort, for your deliverance, for not letting me go.