Broken
David. Isaiah. Job. Jeremiah. Jesus. I could add more but you may want me to quit listing and start writing. What that short list (which could easily be expanded) is in reference to, is people who were broken before -or broken by- God. People whos hearts were broken either by their own sin or the sin of others, and in some cases, both. One of my favorite parts of the Gospel narrative is Matthew 27:46 where Jesus cries out, "And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”" Here we see Jesus, God of all the universe, come to earth as a perfect and sinless man-broken and abandoned by God, through no fault of His own. This is the epitomy of despair, when He who is God is forsaken by His Father. That is a brokeness our finite minds cannot fathom. His words here echo the words of the Psalmist in Psalm 22:1-2, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are Yo