In prison ministry we talk a lot about the brokenness of the world and the people in it.
We are all broken in some way, that is true and is clearly seen in the violence, pain and struggle of life. Hurting, broken people hurt others.
Sometimes we need to take a step beyond this thought so brokenness doesn't become an excuse for what we do towards others.
We are broken, the world is broken because it is fallen. Because of rebellion, the self-centred, selfish desire to do things our way, not God's, we have fallen from the lives of perfect harmony we were created to live.
The fall broke us.
God does not break us: other people, ourselves, their choices, our choices, these are the things that break us.
God heals and binds together.
If we let him.
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