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b'God doesn\\u2019t despise our brokenness. He doesn\\u2019t look down on us when we are\\nhurting. He doesn\\u2019t think less of us because we are broken. God loves the\\nbroken. He offers healing to the hurting. God is a comfort in times of\\ntrouble and sorrow. God doesn\\u2019t despise us when we are broken. He is there\\nto help. He offered His love to us while we were still sinners, as it says\\nin Romans 5:8, \\u201cGod demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were\\nstill sinners, Christ died for us.\\u201d He knows how broken and messed up we\\ncan be, but He is still there for us. Because God loves us so much, He let\\nHimself be broken so that we could be whole (1 Corinthians 11:24). When you\\nare feeling broken, you don\\u2019t have to be ashamed. You don\\u2019t have to turn\\naway from God; you can turn toward Him. You can ask Him for help and\\nhealing. You can know that, even in your brokenness, He loves you just as\\nmuch as ever. So many times in the Bible, we are reminded of how much God\\ncares for the broken. In Matthew 11, Jesus tells the weary and burdened to\\ncome to Him for rest. Even though our sin separated us from God, He came in\\nJesus so that we could be forgiven and brought near to Him. God doesn\\u2019t\\ndespise our brokenness, and He loves us always. We can count on Him to be\\nthere for us through all the hard times, as the Bible reassures us that He\\nloves us no matter how broken we are. \\u2022 Bethany Acker \\u2022 Have you ever felt\\nbroken? \\u2022 When we are in pain, we often feel alone. But Jesus identifies\\nwith us in our brokenness. He knows what it\\u2019s like to be human. He was\\nbroken\\u2026for us. When we come to Jesus, we\\u2019re coming to someone who\\nunderstands our pain. He looks at us with deep compassion. He feels our\\nsorrows as His own, and He holds us. And one day, all brokenness will be\\nhealed in the light of His presence. As we wait for that day, we can bring\\nall our brokenness to Jesus. How might knowing that God doesn\\u2019t look down\\non us when we are hurting make it easier for us to come to Him? \\u201cCome to\\nme, all you who are weary and burdened, and I [Jesus] will give you rest.\\u201d\\nMatthew 11:28 (NIV)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nRom.5.6-Rom.5.8|Matt.11.28|Ps.34.17-Ps.34.18'