Heartbroken: Jesus is the Cause and the Cure

I bet you all though I was done talking about LOVE!!!  Love is the most important thing to me!!  My prayer to God has always been "Lord, break my heart for what breaks yours".

Filling the Void

To be Loved

To be Accepted

To be Recognized

Why do we crave love so much???  Love is always the solution to the problem.
What is our motivation to seek things we think will make us happy?  Busy lives, pets, drugs, alcohol, pushing others away?  When we do these things how long does this satisfaction last?  What do we do next when that thing doesn't work?  When we seek to fill this huge void with temporary fixes it is like we are seeking a superficial high to feel like we matter.

When did we first notice this void in our life?  It can be like a trickling effect of unrealistic expectations on other humans.  Humans are not perfect yet we expect perfection especially from close people to us like our parents.  We are constantly expecting a certain perfection.  One of my most favorite quotes to prove this point is from C.S. Lewis:

“My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust?”

We have this expectation of perfection and seek this perfection in our lives but there is only one man who can fill this and that is Jesus.

This void is also our greatest inherent desire which is to be LOVED.  When I say Love I mean it on much more than just a physical level.  This desire can only be remedied by Jesus!

We know we need love to survive like we know we need air to breathe and a lack of love results in feelings of rejection, depression, sickness, lack of motivation to do anything, suicidal-no reason to live, alone, and worthlessness.

We determine how loved we are by the physical evidence of the way others show that love to us.  It also determines if we love others and furthermore, it determines if we respect others.

As Christians we are loved!  We have been set apart because HE loves us.  He wants us to seek Him so that this life is nourished.  We will always be lost unless we depend on God to quench this thirst. We are seeking a big streak dinner--when it's only prepared by God.  He can satisfy this desire to be loved at such an extreme level it can only be felt by the heart.

Lord, Break My Heart for What Breaks Yours

Why are there only certain people that are begging God to be broken for what breaks His heart?  Why are there certain people who want to be aware of someone else's pain in order to love them with the love Jesus Christ has given us?

There is a song "Give me Your Eyes" that has these lyrics: "Give me love for humanity, Even those far beyond my reach."

How can God break our hearts so we can see how much humanity needs love in their lives.  The second statement speaks volumes as well.  "Even those far beyond my reach"...You must be a dedicated lover and follower, disciple, desperate child of God to know how precious these sweet words mean.  You must have enormous faith in order to realize the probability of reaching others far beyond our own reach.  As Christians though we know nothing is out of reach for God.  Thankfully all things are possible with Him.

For me God had to break me in such a deep way (this is after being "saved") so that I could have a softened heart towards others who need to know how others care for them and more importantly how our Saviour, Jesus Christ, loves them.  We live in a world that is full of people living barren lives in the midst of what they see as just a busy life.

Most of the time it takes our own heart breaking and God remolding it in order for our heart to be sensitive to the real issues in life.

My encouragement to you today is to ask someone, anyone, how you can pray for them today.  It doesn't matter if they are Christians or Atheists or whomever you may run into.  Just extend the invitation.