Broken?

I was asked by a very good friend of mine, one of my best friends, why is the title of my blog called “Broken”? I decided to turn that question into today’s post.
We live in a world of broken promises.
Have you ever experienced being hated for no apparent reason? Have you ever felt "used" by someone? Has there ever been a lie you told that has hurt someone? Have you ever "used" anyone foryour own selfish purposes? Have you ever abandoned-ship because of something your “friend” did or said? Has someone else told a lie that hurt you? Have you ever hated anyone? Have you ever felt sorry and wished you could take back what you said or did? Have you ever experienced the scars left behind from a divorce? Have you ever felt the pain of drug abuse?
Have you ever felt like there’s no way out? Have you ever been weary and burdened, looking for rest for your soul? Have you ever voluntarily taken someone else's punishment? Or has someone taken yours?
We're all broken people.

To me Brokenness is when we humble ourselves before God knowing that our sin is what separates us from Him and we lay it down at His feet, realizing that it is God alone through Christ that provides the solution.
But will proud people admit that?
John Piper describes being prideful.
Proud people don't say thanks. And so I have laid before you three very humbling truths for the sake of your thankfulness.
The first truth: nature teaches us that an infinitely marvelous, eternally powerful Being created us and all we have. Therefore we are his creatures. He owns us. Our life, our breath, and everything we have is a gift. Our duty is simply to be thankful to him from our heart and to cherish his glory.
The second humbling truth is that all of us have fallen short of this duty. We have not consistently prized the diamond of God's glory with an affection anywhere near its value but have exchanged it again and again for the cracked marbles that in our great "wisdom" we have determined are more valuable.
The third humbling truth is that God, in his great mercy, sent his Son to suffer the judgment of people who are broken and contrite in spirit and who trust in him.
Proud people don't say thanks. But people who believe these three truths do, from the bottom of their heart. The truth that we are utterly dependent creatures. The truth that we are depraved sinners. And the truth that we are redeemed and utterly forgiven through contrite faith. If these three truths penetrate to your heart this morning, they will empty your heart of pride and fill it with thankfulness to God.*
*Source(John Piper)

Have you ever felt such joy that it brought you to tears of unexplainable gratitude that it renders everything from pursuits, to goals, to questions, empty and shallow by comparison? Something that is more relevant than the "latest and greatest" fashions or technology, more deeply satisfying than all of the riches and treasures of the world, and more liberating than all of the greatest collection of music. Don’t get me wrong I like fashion and technology and treasures and music. But there is something that is infinitely more valuable.

So I titled this blog “Broken” because it is a reminder to me of how much God loves me in Christ. Nothing else can even compare to what my God has done for me.
Jesus said 28“Come to me, all of you who are weary and loaded down with burdens, and I will give you rest. 29Place my yoke on you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For my yoke is pleasant and my burden is light.” Matthew 11: 28-30
So will you go to Him?