"A Broken Heart"

"The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit." (Psalms 34:18) Oh, the beginning of something new! Here is the thing about loving God: after you realize how much He loves you, and after examine your own unfaithfulness to return that love to Him, there is really nothing else that can happen to our hardened heart, except that it should break! This is a good breaking; as good as breaking the soil before you plant a seed; which is what must be done in order for a plant to take root and grow up to be big and strong. I have a question, which might seem a little odd at this moment, but here it goes: Why did God save you? If you don't understand the question, then let me help you by making it your own question, which is: Why me LORD? God has a plan for each and every one of our lives; even the thief on the cross next to Jesus, as short as his mission was, it was effective in demonstrating God's great forgiveness. I don't care what you might have done, or how far you might have strayed from God, God has a plan for your life, no matter how much you screw things up; you can never break things so badly that God can't fix them! The secret in getting all the broken pieces repaired, is a broken heart; isn't that something? In order for brokenness to be healed, something needs to break! You know, Jesus was broken for this broken world, so doesn't it make sense that we must be broken also? As a matter of fact, I will make a very bold statement, and say: If your heart is not broken, then you can not be saved! Really! Oh, you might think that you are saved, and you might experience joy for a season; but it is only on the surface, because your heart must break in order for faith to take root in it. When you read the "parable of the sower explained", which is Matthew 13:18-23, you might notice in verse 23 that Jesus says, "But he that receiveth seed 'into' the good ground"; in other words, it had to go into the ground; not on top of it, or beside it, or in among the weeds; but into good ground, which means ground that is based upon the truth of God's Word. Understanding takes place within us after we get a glimpse of the whole picture, which is: We were broken, and He was broken for our brokenness; He will fix us, but first we must break... "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also; knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly." (Romans 5:1-6)