It would be much truer to say we are brought to God by our weakness and brokenness — exactly the opposite of what most people think. It takes most of our lifetimes, even with grace, to accept such a paradox. Grace seems to create the very emptiness that grace alone can fill. “For it is in weakness that power reaches perfection . . . it is when I am weak that I am strong” (2 Cor. 12:9–10).
