You Are Not Broken

There was a time not very long ago that I thought I was broken. That for the rest of my life because of the things that had happened to me something had to be wrong with me to be where I was. No matter how hard I worked or how well I treated people crappy things still happened, the worst of all being the death of my husband.

I was lost in the land of the brokenhearted. Stuck in a place where I felt like I was beyond repair. Who would ever want me in their life? Who would ever want me around? I felt like a magnet for horrible things, that somehow there was something wrong inside me that caused everything unfair and terrible to happen to me. I felt broken beyond repair. That I’d always carry around this tattered box that contained the shards of my once beautiful heart and now people would know by the sad jingling sound it made as I walked that I was broken. I was damaged.

Here’s the thing—that was a lie. All of it. I may have been momentarily shattered but I wasn’t broken forever. My heart was not shattered beyond repair. There was nothing wrong inside of me that caused the pain I’d endured. Life happens to everyone—no matter who you are.

If you’re feeling like that today, like you’re broken beyond repair or if you’re lost in that depressing dark land of the brokenhearted take my hand and give me your ear. I promise you, you are NOT broken. You might be a little bruised and you might have a few scars but that’s what gives you character. The way you handle those bad things—the heartbreaks, the disappointments, the losses—that is how you put yourself back together. That shows who you really are–a warrior, a champion.