Dangerous Prayers 2
This week we are praying another Dangerous Prayer: Break Me.
Nobody likes to be broken - nobody wants to be broken. There was a movie a year or two ago called Unbroken about a guy captured during World War 2 whose faith kept him strong - unbreakable** - in the face of physical and psychological torture from his captors.
But here's the thing - I think you only come to those unbreakable places if you first come to be broken - not psychologically or physically per se - but in spirit. Someone observed once that sometimes we have to come to a place where all we have is God to realize all we need is God.
** Not to be confused with M. Night Shyamalam's movie Unbreakable which, while not terrible, is kind of a hot mess of plot and characterization -- maybe trying a bit too hard...
Nobody likes to be broken - nobody wants to be broken. There was a movie a year or two ago called Unbroken about a guy captured during World War 2 whose faith kept him strong - unbreakable** - in the face of physical and psychological torture from his captors.
But here's the thing - I think you only come to those unbreakable places if you first come to be broken - not psychologically or physically per se - but in spirit. Someone observed once that sometimes we have to come to a place where all we have is God to realize all we need is God.
** Not to be confused with M. Night Shyamalam's movie Unbreakable which, while not terrible, is kind of a hot mess of plot and characterization -- maybe trying a bit too hard...
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