Category Archives: brokenness
Our Great Physician
I wrote this poem the other day for Thankful Thursday on my own blog. Knowing that many who visit Broken Believers struggle with illness and pain, I thought this would be good to share here as well. There are plenty of cracked clay pots around this place, and God is in the business of using [...]
Loneliness and Depression Are Best Friends
Depression and loneliness walk hand-in-hand. When one of them pays a visit, the other is ready to join in. Often when we try to deal with our loneliness we’ll find depression just around the corner waiting. How ironic is this? Depressed people tend to suffer in silence and isolate themselves from the outside world. When [...]
A Chariot Ride Into Teachability
We live out our lives making decisions. Many are like ‘forks’ in the road. They are made and they shunt us in another direction. Some are dramatic, we see very quickly that the road is going to take us in a radically different path. Sometimes, if we’re honest, we will admit to backtracking, retracing our route [...]
Focus on a Known God
Note: I recently posted this on my blog, Linda Kruschke’s Blog, and right away I knew I needed to post it here at Broken Believers, too. I hope it will encourage many here. Some things in life are unknown. Right now I’m facing the unknown of health concerns. After multiple tests, doctors still don’t know [...]
When Your Name Gets Changed
“So Naomi and Ruth went on until they came to the town of Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, all the people became very excited. The women of the town said, “Is this really Naomi?” Naomi answered the people, “Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very sad. When [...]
Coming Home to My Father
“He was yet a great way off, his father saw him.” Luke 15:20 The boy had, in the far-away country, a vision of his old home. As he sat there and thought of his dishonor and his ruin, there flashed before him a picture which made him very home-sick. The vision brought back the old [...]
A Puppet, or Your Sovereign Prince?
One day in one of the villages there was a man covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus he fell down before him in prayer and said, “If you want to, you can cleanse me.” –Luke 5:12, The Message This man, an infectious leper, approaches Jesus. The Lord looking at him (most people would avert their [...]
Against the Cosmic Powers
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places”. Ephesians 6:12, ESV Satan attacks us in two distinct ways. First, he stirs up our desires and inflames our appetites for [...]
I Don’t Have the Slightest
“Ah yes, the Shroud of Turin! We will have to dry clean it before we return it.” Inspector Clouseau, (Upon discovering stolen artifacts) in The Pink Panther 2 I honestly think that our bumbling attempts to follow Jesus are entertaining angels who watch our efforts and shake their heads in astonishment. ” Did you see what Bryan [...]