A Picture of Brokenness

Picture of Brokenness- As this whole series on brokenness started a little over a week ago, it tells me this that so many in the body of Christ are broken, being broken or just got through it. When I did my very first post I was talking to my big brother and we talked about the people who are difficult like horses. He talked about us not being able to get on an unbroken horse how crazy that would be.

I do understand this that it is a process, it's not something that is done in a day or two. I also understand that just like the horses there are some of us who submit to the act of being broken and there are those of us who don't think we need to be broken there ain't one thing wrong with us. Well if that is your thought process you are a prime candidate to be broken. 

All I can say to each of you that this series on brokenness has not been easy, it has not been fun because I have to pretty much as I said yesterday had to stand before you stripped. Letting all the world see that we all have things that can be improved . We all have been or need to be broken.  

My prayer are for you horses that will rather be sold, the ones that have become comfortable living in your, sin, your mess, your false relationships with the Father. How is it fake, it's because you go to church, your know the church formalities but there is no God in you. You go to church out of habit and you say amen on cue.  I pray that you will examine yourself take a snapshot of yourself and then ask God to break you, because you need to be to walk with Him. 

Blessed to Be a Blessing,

Shon Garner Cole follow me at realtalkwithshon@blogspot.com

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(2 Corinthians 1:8) 

⁸ We think you ought to know, dear brothers and sisters,^[a] about the trouble we went through in the province of Asia. We were crushed and overwhelmed beyond our ability to endure, and we thought we would never live through it.   NLV

A picture of brokenness is that of a wild stallion wanting its independence but being ridden for the first time. It does not want to submit, and it does not want to do what it is told to do. It enjoys a cowboy feeding it, keeping its trough filled with fresh water, and allowing it to go out and nibble grass in the sunshine. The problem comes when the saddle is tossed on its back and the harness is placed over its head. 

However, if you have watched a horse being broken, you know the cowboy has more sense than to take a new horse that has never been ridden and toss a saddle on its back. For days, the animal may be led around a pen as it adjusts to the pressure of wearing a harness and the conditions surrounding its changing lifestyle. Then the saddle coes out of the tack room and is placed on the horse's back - but without a rider. Finally, the cowboy puts a foot in one of the stirrups. 

There are many steps in between these, but we can form a mental picture of the process used to break a horse and prepare it to be ridden. When the cowboy climbs into the saddle, the initial shock of having someone on its back is frightening and irritating. The animal begins to buck and rears its head before it begins to settle and trot around its pen. Some horses refuse to be broken and risk being sold. Others, in time and through proper care, are broken and begin the enjoyment of a lifetime of service to their owners. 

When God begins to work in your life, He doesn't immediately toss a saddle on your back or seek to break you through the circumstances of life. Instead, He works with a plan and goal in mind. Bit-by-bit and inch-by-inch, He brings you to a place where He can train you to live a life that glorifies Him and is a blessing to others.