I was just struck with the realization of the truth that every body is broken. Now, obviously as followers of Christ, there is hope for our brokenness to be made into wholeness in Christ. But, before that can be a reality, we have to admit that we're broken. We cannot be made whole until we admit we are broken.
Here's the words to the song for you to read:
Welcome to the party
Come on in and disappear
You're feeling like a stranger
But all your friends are here
Little lines and cracks
Around your eyes and mouth
Something's trying to get in
Something's trying to get out
It's OK to be a little broken
Everybody's broken in this life
It's OK to feel a little broken
Everybody's broken
You're alright, it's alright
It's just life
Step into the deep end
Make yourself at home
When you wonder why you're breathing
Know you're not alone
It's so hard to believe
What's easier to doubt
You're trying to hold in
What you're dying to scream out
It's OK to be a little broken
Everybody's broken in this life
It's OK to feel a little broken
Everybody's broken
You're alright, it's alright
It's just life
Take a look around
Tell me what you see
Is who you think you are
Who you want to be
It's OK to be a little broken
Everybody's broken in this life
It's OK to feel a little broken
Everbody's broken
You're alright
Keep on going
Eyes wide open
Everybody's broken (repeat line)
When I read those words (or listen to the song) I'm struck by the realizatino that there are people in our world who are telling us that it is OK to be broken, yet in the church, a place that should be a haven for broken people, we often feel like we can't be broken - that if we admit that we're broken we'll be kicked out or told that we're not good enough.
I wonder if we need to learn how to let people be broken - how to tell people that it's OK if they're broken when they come. Maybe we need to learn to admit ourselves that we're broken - that we don't have it all together. Because, really, the only reason we can find wholeness in life si when we admit that we're broken without Jesus in our lives. We can't find wholeness on our own. As Bon Jovi says in this song over and over again, "Everybody's broken".
Are we willing to admit this in the church? Or do we want to continue to go along pretending we have it all together when we're really falling apart on the inside?
Obviously the song has limits in it's application to the Christian life because we do have hope and a place to find wholeness made out of our brokenness. That wholeness comes in Christ. But, I think it can be a good starting place . . . admitting we are broken. If we don't do this, we will never find wholeness in Christ. We need to begin with letting people be broken and being willing to admit our own brokenness.
So, what are you going to do? Are you going to admit your own brokenness? Or are you going to keep trying to hide it?
Honestly, I'm speaking to myself bgi time in this. I don't find it easy to admit my brokenness, but God has been challenging me in this lately. I don't always have to have it all together. In fact, I only find true wholeness when I first admit my brokenness and come to Him to find wholeness.
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