John Carver Show - Broken by God

Psalm 34:18 – “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”      

“Break” or “Broken” is a word that is very sensitive to context.

- Give me a break.
- Don’t break the glass.
- Let’s break bread together.
- Break it down for me.
- You deserve a break.
- I’m broke.

I once read a story that beautifully illustrates the value of cracked pots: 

A water bearer in India had two large pots hanging at the ends of a pole that he carried across his neck. One of the pots was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the master's house. The other pot had a crack in it, and by the time it reached its destination, it was only half full. Every day for two years the water bearer delivered only one and one-half pots of water to the master's house. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments—perfect to the end for which it was made. The poor little cracked pot was ashamed of its imperfections and miserable that it could accomplish only half of what it had been designed to do. After two years of what the imperfect pot perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer and said, "I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you.......

All the perfect people are in heaven.

“You are not weird, you’re a limited edition and God wants to use your story” Patsy Clairmont

“Normal is just a setting on a dryer.” Patsy Clairmont

David lost hope on many occasions.