02/01/2021
Sometimes we forget about our own brokenness and can be quick to point the finger.
And then it happens... YOU make a mistake. You sin. And it’s then, that you remember your brokenness after you’ve... hurt a loved one, made someone feel small, caused pain, made a selfish decision that harms another, broken a promise, lied, stolen, covered up, cheated, ignored, neglected, procrastinated, put down, betrayed, slandered, excluded, forgotten, or treated someone as if they are not made in God’s image…
The list of sins go on. We have so many sins.
When you come face to face with your brokenness, the weight can crush you and cause overwhelming shame and sadness. Our sins have a great cost. They bring darkness and death to our souls.
Dan Allendar explains that, “The image of God is central to developing a solid view of personality; that our sinfulness, not how we've been sinned against, is our biggest problem; that forgiveness, not wholeness, is our greatest need; that repentance, not insight, is the dynamic in all real change.”
Thankfully, God chooses to redeem our broken and sinful souls when we turn to him for redemption.
“We are enslaved to sin and need a redeemer, Someone to pay our ransom, Someone to rescue us from sin and death. This stands as the greatest problem we face. We might pose the single most vital question: Who will ransom us? Who could ever do this? Jesus will. Jesus did.” -Heather Holleman
• “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” -Mark 10:45
• “My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have redeemed.” -Psalm 71:23
