Broken Bread
Theme of the Week: Broken Wholeness
David Shepherd
Thursday, July 21, 2005
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Key Bible Verse: Healthy people don't need a doctor—sick people do. I have come … not to spend my time with those who think they are already good enough (Luke 5:31-32). Bonus Reading: 2 Corinthians 12:1-10
My clinical depression came to light during my first year away from home at Bible school. I came home confused, frightened, and deeply in need of help. But not appearing normal scared off the people who'd been around me before. "What happened to the old Dave?" they asked.
It's not easy living with the reality that something's fundamentally out of kilter with you. After a seven-year search, I found a doctor I could communicate with. He prescribed a medication that made a serious difference. The two pills I take each day quiet the waves of emotion that once crippled me. I'm now able to face the challenges of my life head on.
One Sunday as I sat and took communion, I was reminded that my dependence on God parallels my dependence on my medication to live a full life. It's the symbol that I'm a broken and sinful man—and the symbol of the cure. The hardest thing to do sometimes is stand up and say, "I'm broken. I need help." But if I ever want to get well, it's what I have to do. And if there's anything I've learned in reading the Bible, it's that God is a god of broken, imperfect people.
—David Shepherd in Alberta
My Response: I'll tell God where I'm hurting right now—and ask for His healing.
Thought to Apply: Do not free the camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel. —G. K. CHESTERTON (British jounalist, writer)
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