One of my favorite preachers and writers of generations past was Vance Havner. He just had a way of bringing Scripture into everyday experiences. He was also a true wordsmith. Here is a quote about brokenness:
“God uses broken things. It takes broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain, broken grain to give bread, broken bread to give strength. It is the broken alabaster box that gives forth perfume. It is Peter, weeping bitterly, who returns to greater power than ever.”
― Vance Havner
We all know of individuals who have suffered setbacks in life that seem to have improved their dispositions. Many are the examples of people in the New Testament that had their lives transformed because they came into contact with Christ.
Mark 5:15
Then they came to Jesus, and saw the one who had been demon-possessed and had the legion, sitting and clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.
I’m sure glad I came into contact with Him. How about you?
Think about it.
Gary