Broken

Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” Luke 23:34

God, the Creator of the Universe, sent His son in the form of a baby through a virgin birth. He watched His son’s life and He watched His death. He put His plan into place and watched it all unfold. He watched as His son took on the sins of the world. John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the World that He gave  His only son that whoever believes in Him will not parish but have everlasting life.” Could you imagine watching your child suffer the way God watched Jesus?

Jesus was broken. He went through so much suffering and was hurt by so many that in some of His last words before His death, burial and resurrection, Jesus had to forgive everyone and He had to ask His Father, God, to do the same.

There’s nothing more beautiful than the brokenness of a savior who gave up everything to give me everlasting life.  There’s nothing more beautiful than the brokenness of my savior who showed me what it’s like to be completely broken and still overcome. There’s nothing more beautiful than my Savior who is willing to forgive and ask His father to forgive so He could be an over comer.

There’s beauty in the broken. Jesus is the prime example. He was broken, yet because He overcame, we can overcome. It’s important to recognize Jesus didn’t stay broken and we don’t have to either. We don’t have to live in our past situation. We don’t have to stay hurt. We don’t have live with everything rejection brings.

We’ll never find the beauty if we keep living in the broken. The beauty can be found in a savior who died to set you and me free. There’s nothing more beautiful than that.