Isaiah53:5- But He was pieced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.
Isaiah53:5-Underlines God’s provision for the broken heart, the broken soul, the broken human an yes, the broken Family.
But He was wounded for the wrong we did He was crushed for the evil we did.The punishment, which made us well was given to Him, and we are healed because of His wounds.
The very first child was born into this broken, messy family.
In the space of the first five chapters of the Bible, man and women became one, disobeyed God’s only prohibition and gave birth to two sons, one of them murdered the other. (Cain and Abel)
The result is that Genesis 6, the inhabitants of the planet were those whose hearts were turned so wolly towards evil that God decided to start over again.
God’s heart broke over His broken family.
The second time around, the results were no better.God started again with one family this time Noah’s.For fourth days and fourty nights they did okay together.
But once the flood ended Noah and his son’s lost their footing and the downfall of the family continued…
We all come from a broken family and they created another broken family, because all families are broken.Even God’s. In our brokenness, we are just where we need to be.Fractured,messed up, sinful,needy and Redeemable.
There is beauty in the broken.
Our creator God pants to bring His children into being, and then His heart tears in pain as we run, hide,and reject His love. Our Father God christens our sons and daughters and then releases us to our own stubborn ways but stand in the road, watching and waiting for us to return to Him.Our God dreams of redemption, when we are restored to His original purposes and put in pleaseant places in relationship to Him and to each other.
Humankind is a broken, messy family. And we all come from this broken family. The family broke before it was completely made.
Think of it this way:
If God’s family was and is broken, why do we think ours will be different?
Somewhere along my journey from my first broken family to my second broken family I began to understand that the brokenness in my first family wasn’t my fault.God led me through the layers of shame and fear to convince me: I had no control over my parents choices.I didn’t run my father off.God led me to the word 1John4:18-Where God’s love is there is no fear, because God’s perfect love drives out fear.It’s punishment that makes a person fear, so love is not made perfect in a person who fears.
Hear me well: the brokenness inflicted on you in your first family is not your fault.
God can heal a broken family.
He can bind the wounds of the broken hearted and set those free in darkness.God can restore families and use the tragedies that so deeply hurt us now to move us forward in the purpose for which He created us.
So call out to Him as your Father, and pray for His mercy on you and your family.
God bless
Chrisendell Coller 