Brokenness

The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

…in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.

Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.

I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.

We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. …

But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.